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Leukaemia treatment more affordable

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meets with cancer patients at Royal North Shore Hospital Source: AAP

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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