Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I will repeat my answer in case Senator Ruston missed it. The government will expand the listing of the drug on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in patients who are aged between six to eleven years as quickly as possible. The Department of Health and Aged Care is working with the company that produces that drug, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, to finalise all necessary listing requirements— (Time expired)