Breast cancer and endometriosis drug Zoladex is being pulled from Australia. How will women be affected?

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The vital medicine, made by AstraZeneca, will not be available from November, possibly leaving thousands of women without treatment

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Thousands of women could be left without vital breast cancer and endometriosis medicine when AstraZeneca removes its treatment from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and the private market, experts warn.

Zoladex will no longer be available in Australia from November, as the ABC first reported, but some existing patients will still be able to access it for an additional six months.
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