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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 after the inclusion of a new drug to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, dramatically cutting the cost.

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