{
  "id": 18450456,
  "title": "Cancer trials saved State €6.5m in drug costs - charity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/cancer-trials-saved-state-6-5m-in-drug-costs-charity",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-06T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2026/1106/1598195-cancer-trials/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cancer Trials Ireland reports that the State has saved €6.51 million in drug costs over the past 12 months based on a sample of 38 cancer clinical trials. These trials involved 230 patients between September 2025 and August of this year. The charity's report, Value of Cancer Trials 2', estimates total savings, investments and revenue to the State of €23.77m. This includes €6.51m in drug cost savings, €6.76m in inward investment from pharmaceutical companies, and €10.5m in revenue to hospitals from fee per patient payments by trial sponsors. The report also highlights that only 2.9% of cancer patients in Ireland participated in interventional trials in 2025, falling short of the national target of 6%.",
  "summary": "Cancer Trials Ireland has said the State has saved €6.51 million in drug costs based on a sample of 38 cancer clinical trials which took place in the last 12 months.",
  "key_points": [
    "State saved €6.51m in drug costs from 38 cancer trials",
    "€6.76m in inward investment from pharmaceutical companies",
    "Only 2.9% of cancer patients in Ireland participated in trials"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Expanding clinical trial participation offers the state a pathway to reduce drug expenditures and generate significant hospital revenue while simultaneously addressing the current shortfall in patient enrollment rates.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}