Childhood cancer medicines lacking child-friendly formulations
RecordSTO-6X0P93ZSTN-KZHXJFB1HP-JGBM8B
Global · January 2024
Childhood cancer medicines lacking child-friendly formulations worldwide were 6 in January 2024 (WHO).
Childhood cancer medicines lacking child-friendly formulations: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- WHO
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- From identifying needs to stimulating product development
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Six medicines with established paediatric indications but without suitable child-friendly formulations were noted: cyclophosphamide, etoposide, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, procarbazine and temozolomide.
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APA
World Health Organization. (2024). WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2026-who-advances-access-to-quality-assured--child-friendly-cancer-medicines. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6X0P93ZSTNKZHXJFB1HPJGBM8B
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- MLA
- World Health Organization. "WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines." 2024, https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2026-who-advances-access-to-quality-assured--child-friendly-cancer-medicines. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6X0P93ZSTNKZHXJFB1HPJGBM8B.
- Chicago
- World Health Organization. "WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines." 2024. https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2026-who-advances-access-to-quality-assured--child-friendly-cancer-medicines. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6X0P93ZSTNKZHXJFB1HPJGBM8B.
- BibTeX
- @misc{who2024childhoodjgbm8b, author = {{World Health Organization}}, title = {WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6X0P93ZSTNKZHXJFB1HPJGBM8B}, note = {Original source: https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2026-who-advances-access-to-quality-assured--child-friendly-cancer-medicines. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- World Health Organization · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- From identifying needs to stimulating product development
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- editorial:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
- Checked on
- 27 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_6X0P93ZSTNKZHXJFB1HPJGBM8B