Senate debates Questions without Notice

Docetaxel


Joe Ludwig

Joe Ludwig Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

2:43 pm

I thank Senator Xenophon for his question. As I said in answer to Senator Macdonald, on 1 December the price the government pays for the cancer drug docetaxel will drop by 70 per cent, bringing the price the government pays into line with the market price. For many years, pharmacists have been charging the government 20 to 75 per cent—

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