Pharmac's record funding-boost will address the fiscal cliff it faces.

An additional $1.7 billion spread over four-years has been ear-marked for the drug-buying agency in the upcoming Budget.

Chief Executive Sarah Fitt told Mike Hosking that the extra cash covers time-limited funding for some treatments, which ends this year.

She says the fiscal hole was always known, as the funds outlined in Budget 2022 only went through to Budget 2024.

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Pharmac's record funding-boost will address the fiscal cliff it faces. 
An additional $1.7 billion spread over four-years has been ear-marked for the drug-buying agency in the upcoming Budget. 
Chief Executive Sarah Fitt told Mike Hosking that the extra cash covers time-limited funding for some treatments, which ends this year. 
She says the fiscal hole was always known, as the funds outlined in Budget 2022 only went through to Budget 2024. 
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