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Pharmac chief executive on possible changes to child cancer drug funding

08:10 am on 3 May 2021

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Drug buying agency Pharmac is considering scrapping a special rule that allows hospitals to give children with cancer any medicine their doctor asks for and Pharmac pays the bill.

The change is being considered in light of a claim that this rule discriminates against children with rare diseases, who don't get the same access to drugs.

Pharmac chief executive Sarah Fitt spoke to Corin Dann.