𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕞 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝'𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖

ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝’𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕚𝕘𝕟 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝟙𝟛 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕗𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝔹𝕦𝕕𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜

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inance Minister Tricola Willis has been forced to promise the government will eventually deliver on one of National’s campaign promises, after failing to deliver on Budget day.

Willis said an announcement on funding for 13 new cancer drugs will be made shortly as she was not in a position to make one at last week’s budget, but one expert told Stuff’s daily news podcast, Newsable, the list of medicines needs to urgently be revised.

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“That list of 13 is already three years out of date,” Professor Chris Jackson, from the University of Otago, told Newsable.

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“[The list] absolutely and utterly must be [updated]. It’s bonkers to use that list when it’s three years out of date already, because the world has moved on in the last six months, let alone the last three years” he said.

Professor Jackson, who is a medical oncologist and helped write the report that the list of 13 is based off, also shared concerns around National’s funding promise in the first place.

“They announced in advance what the drugs would be, which means that no drug company is going to give you a good deal if they already know they have the guaranteed funding.”

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He said none of the drugs were a cure but were about living longer and better.

“Having hope for that is really important. And to see that snatched away from people, I think, is cruel.” 

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