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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Government to fund two new blood cancer medicines
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:10:03
	Publish Date:		2026-02-18 03:49:00
	Description:		The Health Minister won't say if the government has met its promise to blood cancer patients in New Zealand - that is that they have not been forgotten. Pharmac has proposed to fund two new combination medicines to treat a type of blood cancer - chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or CLL. The drugs can help those with CLL achieve longer lasting remission and avoid the need for traditional chemotherapy. Patients and advocates are celebrating, but Blood Cancer NZ and the Ministers acknowledge more work needs to be done. Lillian Hanly reports.
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