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Malcolm Mulholland: Patient Voice Aotearoa Chair on the government's expected announcement for cancer drugs
The Government’s expected to announce a $600 million boost in funding for Pharmac today.
If approved, it would bump the medicine budget up 40 percent - and cover the 13 cancer drugs the Government initially promised, and more.
Patient Voice Aotearoa Chair, Malcolm Mulholland, told Mike Hosking “From our perspective – this was always going to be the option that the government would land on.”
Mulholland said “The problem doesn’t go away – but we expect it will put a significant dent in Pharmac’s options for investment lists.”
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