Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee recommends Orkambi for PBS

Sophie Boyd
Updated August 17 2018 - 9:33pm, first published 6:00pm
ECSTATIC: Albury's Carissa Marheine, who has cystic fibrosis, has welcomed news the PBAC recommended Orkambi be listed on the PBS. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE
ECSTATIC: Albury's Carissa Marheine, who has cystic fibrosis, has welcomed news the PBAC recommended Orkambi be listed on the PBS. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

Parents of children with cystic fibrosis will no longer have to pay $250,000-a-year to keep their children healthy, with treatment Orkambi recommended for government subsidy.

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Sophie Boyd

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