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Potentially life saving cancer drug now on PBS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meets with cancer patients at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney

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

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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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