Chile: Data-enabled public procurement monitoring leads to more affordable medicines
A community of civic actors used open data as evidence to advocate for change, and a new law was introduced that allowed the country’s biggest medicine buyer to deal directly with private pharmacies and cap retail prices. This slashed the agency’s drug spending and saved the government over $9 million in the first year. Savings are now directly passed on to citizens.
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