Novartis licenses out leukemia drug as part of new global coalition to increase access to cancer treatments
The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) has gathered a slate of Big Pharmas for its new collaboration in hopes of increasing access to cancer medicines in lower income countries, UICC announced yesterday.
Dubbed ATOM, or Access to Oncology Medicines, the coalition includes AstraZeneca, BeiGene, Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Roche, Gilead, and Sanofi, among other organizations. The goal of the partnership is to increase generic and biosimilar development of cancer drugs as well as license out essential medicines to these countries. The third part of the partnership includes building up the infrastructure to diagnose cancers and properly handle cancer medicines.
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