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"Absolutely life changing": Newly funded drugs become available

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Publish Date
Tue, 1 Oct 2024, 9:39am
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"Absolutely life changing": Newly funded drugs become available

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 1 Oct 2024, 9:39am

Many Kiwis will be feeling relief today as new Pharmac funded drugs officially become available.  

Continuous Glucose Monitors are now being funded alongside widened access to insulin pumps and consumables. 

Cancer drug Keytruda is also now more accessible. 

Cancer Society Chief Executive Nicola Coom told Heather du Plessis Allan that Keytruda will make a massive difference for those who've re-mortgaged their homes and travelled overseas for treatment.   

She said that its absolutely life changing.  

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