Global Cancer Coalition Seeks To Boost Access To Medicines In Lower-Income Countries

The Union for International Cancer Control and its industry and other partners say the Access to Oncology Medicines Coalition will help to facilitate access to cancer drugs in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

Arm of a patient receiving chemotherapy
ATOM will support capacity building activities for cancer care in up to 10 countries • Source: Shutterstock

The Union for International Cancer Control and its partners, including a number of pharmaceutical companies, industry bodies and the Medicines Patent Pool, say that the new Access to Oncology Medicines Coalition (ATOM) will help lower-income countries develop the ability to offer access to essential cancer drugs and to monitor their supply.

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