# OnCo record idea-cost-pooled-procurement-essential (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-cost-pooled-procurement-essential/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-cost-pooled-procurement-essential" ;
  schema:name "Pool purchasing of essential cancer medicines across countries"@en ;
  schema:description "Small countries pay more for the same generic chemotherapy because they buy alone; the PAHO Strategic Fund and the WHO essential medicines list show that buying together brings prices down and keeps supply steady."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-cost-pooled-procurement-essential/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-10"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.who.int/groups/expert-committee-on-selection-and-use-of-essential-medicines/essential-medicines-lists>, <https://www.paho.org/en/paho-strategic-fund> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/imatinib/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/tamoxifen/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/letrozole/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/cisplatin/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/paclitaxel/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/who/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/st-jude/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/who-essential-medicines/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-global-access/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-drug-pricing/> .