Alimta

... Abbott urged to subsidise asbestos disease drug.

14/04/2005.

ABC News Online News Home Top Stories Just In World Australia/Local Business Politics Weather Sport Health Arts Sci-Tech Environment Rural Indigenous Offbeat In-Depth Forums Services Help/Site Map Programs - RADIO - AM Back.

Briefing Business Report Corresp.

Report Go Asia Pacific NewsRadio PM Sunday Profile World Today - TV - 7.30 Report Asia Pacific Focus Aust.

Story Bus.

Breakfast Foreign Corresp.

Four Corners Inside Business Insiders Landline Lateline Stateline Print Email Last Update: Thursday, April 14, 2005.

7:16am (AEST) Abbott urged to subsidise asbestos disease drug Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott is under pressure to expand the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to include a drug that helps alleviate suffering in people with mesothelioma.

The president of the Asbestos Diseases Society in Perth, Robert Vojakovic, says the drug He says he has written to Mr Abbott reminding him of a promise he made in the lead up to the last federal election.

"Last year when he w...

Read more...