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Expensive lung cancer drug added to PBS

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Medicare Source: AAP

A drug that helps patients suffering lung cancer has been added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme


Australians with lung cancer could save as much as $90,000 a year after the federal government announced the listing of a cancer-fighting pill on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.


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