1 Dec 2025

Govt launches “transitional access” policy for cancer drugs

From Morning Report, 8:15 am on 1 December 2025

From today, a group of patients with breast and lung cancer will be the first to be able to receive taxpayer-funded medicine in private clinics. Pharmac's manager in charge of pharmaceutical funding, Claire Pouwels spoke to Corin Dann.

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