Staying alive will cost you

06 May 2015 - 02:32
By Katharine Child

Modern medicines are becoming more expensive, leading to fears that life-saving drugs will remain out of reach of the sick. Discovery Health held a seminar in Johannesburg yesterday to discuss "high-cost medicines" - those that prolong or improve lives but which could threaten the sustainability of health systems.

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