MaltaToday leads with the story that cancer drugs currently funded by the Community Chest Fund will gradually be absorbed into the government medicines formulary as the President’s charity embarks on a rationalisation exercise.
The story quotes Government sources telling MaltaToday that the Community Chest Fund was overstretched and had to refocus its mission by rationalising its expenditure. The range of oncology drugs currently funded by the Community Chest Fund will gradually be introduced onto the medicines formulary “as long as they are clinically tested”, the sources said. The President’s charity is currently spending €1.2 million per month on cancer drugs alone, President George Vella said on TVM’s Xtra last week.
Story can be accessed here: Government to step in and offer cancer drugs currently funded by President’s charity
In another story Malta Today investigates a controversial release of land in the Qala countryside by the Church to businessman Dennis Montebello for just €200,000. The paper says that the area the size of 40 football grounds is earmarked for a cruise liner terminal project.
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