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Chief coroner faults Pharmac’s anti-epilepsy drug switch and says clinicians also fell short

Simon

Maude

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Friday 21 May 2021, 03:06 PM

Deborah Marshall

Chief coroner Deborah Marshall

Evidence given to the inquest into six sudden, unexpected deaths after a Pharmac anti-epilepsy drug funding switch doesn’t clearly link the two, the c

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