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    New cancer drugs could be funded for New Zealanders

    New cancer drugs could be funded for New Zealanders


    Pharmac's consulting on a proposal to fund four new medications for lung cancer, breast cancer, RSV for children and a inhaler for lung disease.

    Director of Pharmaceuticals Geraldine MacGibbon says the medications would be funded from January 1st next year.

    She says the impact of the medications would be significant.

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