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Extra $600m to fund cancer meds and other treatments  – Expert Reaction

Extra $600m to fund cancer meds and other treatments – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 24 June 2024

Pharmac will receive an additional $604 million over four years to fund or widen access to more medicines, including up […]

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Talcum powder cancer case – In the News

Expert Reactions, In the News  |  Published: 26 February 201626 February 2016

A US court has ruled that healthcare product company Johnson & Johnson are to pay out NZ$108 million in damages […]

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Breast cancer: the harms and benefits of screening – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 18 June 201418 June 2014

Is breast cancer screening actually saving lives? A Norwegian study, published in BMJ, has looked at the effectiveness of modern […]

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Viral cancer therapy shows early promise – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 01 September 201107 September 2011

Scientists are cautiously optimistic about a trial cancer therapy which uses a virus to selectively kill tumor cells. Canadian researchers […]

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