Potentially life saving cancer drug now on PBS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meets with cancer patients at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Monday, October 9, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meets with cancer patients at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Monday, October 9, 2017. Source: (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)

Several thousand Australians with severe forms of leukaemia will now have access to a life saving treatment. The new drug has been added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, dramatically cutting the cost.



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