{
  "id": 4786303,
  "title": "Ruto: Cancer drug prices slashed sevenfold in Pfizer deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/ruto-cancer-drug-prices-slashed-sevenfold-in-pfizer-deal",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-01T04:20:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital FM Kenya",
    "slug": "capital-fm-kenya",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/ruto-cancer-drug-prices-slashed-sevenfold-in-pfizer-deal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kenya's President William Ruto announced a significant reduction in the cost of cancer drugs after signing an agreement with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The deal, under Pfizer’s Accord for a Healthier World initiative, is expected to slash the price of medicines for various cancers, including breast, stomach, colon, lung, prostate, oesophageal, leukaemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, by more than seven times. This means that a single treatment cycle, previously costing up to Sh1 million, could now be as low as Sh50,000. The President emphasized that this reduction would alleviate the financial burden on cancer patients, making the Sh800,000 cancer package under the Social Health Authority (SHA) sufficient to cover treatment without additional costs. Additionally, the agreement promises to address delays in accessing newer cancer medicines, with Kenya set to gain access to these treatments without the usual 10-year wait.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:18:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Kenya secures major cancer drug price cuts in Pfizer deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/kenya-secures-major-cancer-drug-price-cuts-in-pfizer-deal",
        "published": "2026-08-31T21:40:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}