COST OF CANCER TREATMENT IN SA – INTERVIEW PROF MICHAEL HERBST

Prof Michael Herbst of CANSA was interviewed on SABC TV on the question of the exorbitant costs of cancer medications and the announcement by the Competition Commission of its probe into the pricing of several cancer medicines in South Africa.

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