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Saskatchewan expands Trikafta coverage for cystic fibrosis | Globalnews.ca

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The provincial government announced it was expanding coverage for the drug Trikafta to include patients with 152 rare genetic mutations.

This change will extend eligibility to the majority of cystic fibrosis patients in Saskatchewan .

The Canadian Cystic Fibrosis registry reports there are over 130 patients affected by the disease in Saskatchewan and nearly 4,500 across Canada .

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