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Kemri plan to produce cheap drug for cancer

Dr James Kimotho setting up the biosimilar farmenter technology at Kemri Production Unit.

A national agency responsible for carrying out health research has unveiled plans to start producing cheaper cancer drugs.

The initiative by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), if successful, could dramatically reduce the cost of some crucial cancer medicines by up to 70 per cent.

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