SA’S MEDICINE PATENT LAWS MUST BE CHANGED – INTERVIEW SALOME MEYER

SABC TV interviewed Salome Meyer from the Cancer Alliance on the problems around the cost of cancer medications, particularly Herceptin (trastuzumab), an important drug used for certain types of breast cancer.

Watch the interview here.

 

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