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  "id": 4685385,
  "title": "Ruto announces cancer drug prices slashed by up to 95 per cent after Pfizer deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ruto-announces-cancer-drug-prices-slashed-by-up-to-95-per-cent-after",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-31T17:18:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ruto-announces-cancer-drug-prices-slashed-by-up-to-95-per-cent-after-pfizer-deal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President William Ruto has announced what he described as a major breakthrough in Kenya’s fight against cancer after the government signed a landmark agreement with American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, a deal expected to slash the cost of several life-saving cancer medicines by as much as 95 per cent. Under the agreement between Pfizer and the […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "Cancer drug prices set to drop as Kenya seals deal with Pfizer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/cancer-drug-prices-set-to-drop-as-kenya-seals-deal-with-pfizer",
        "published": "2026-08-31T19:18:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}