Health
$160,000 drug for multiple myeloma blood cancer added to PBS at a cost to patients of $480 – The New Daily
More than 1000 patients with an incurable blood cancer are expected to benefit from a “completely new” treatment subsidised by the federal government.
More than 1000 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.
Darzalex, which will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from January 1, is a medicine used to treat multiple myeloma, a cancer that causes cancerous plasma cells to accumulate in bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood cells.
An estimated 18,000 to 20,000 people are living with multiple myeloma…
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