22 August 2023 - It's being suggested National's cancer drug funding promise has put PHARMAC in a difficult position.

If elected, the party will allocate $280 million over four years, to fund 13 treatments including for lung, bowel, melanoma and kidney cancers.

It would be funded by restricting fee-free prescriptions to superannuitants and those on low incomes.

Medical oncologist Chris Jackson told Mike Hosking this is the first time a political party has told PHARMAC what to fund.

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