25 Jun 2024

Cancer expert on government's funding boost for Pharmac

From Morning Report, 7:13 am on 25 June 2024

Some cancer patients say the Government's treatment pledge comes too late - while others are still in the dark about whether game-changing drugs will be funded for them. The Government announced a $600m funding boost for Pharmac yesterday which it says will fund 26 cancer treatments, and 28 other medicines. University of Otago Professor of Oncology Chris Jackson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.