The Government has announced it will fund a full 12 months of the breast cancer drug Herceptin. The National Party promised during the election campaign that if it became the Government it would bypass drug-buying agency Pharmac and fund a full year, rather than just nine weeks, of the costly drug. Pharmac currently funds Herceptin for nine weeks, and has been under pressure from lobby groups to fund a longer course of the drug.
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