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New $160,000 drug for multiple myeloma blood cancer to be added to PBS at a cost to patients of $480
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DecDecember 2020 at 3:35am
Professor Miles Prince said the drug could allow patients to go years without needing further treatment.
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More than 1,000 patients with an incurable type of blood cancer are expected to benefit from a completely new treatment that will be subsidised by the Federal Government in the new year.
Key points:
Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that causes about 1,000 deaths in Australia each year
The drug Darzalex works by binding to the cancerous cells and allowing them to be destroyed