Saskatoon StarPhoenix
🏢 Postmedia
📍 SK
Aug 5, 2026
· 2 min read
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Government announces coverage for new cystic fibrosis drug in Sask.
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Article Excerpt
HEALTH NEWS
Government announces coverage for new cystic fibrosis drug in Sask.
A new cystic fibrosis treatment is publicly coverage for Sask. residents by provincial government.
Saskatchewan Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill announced that as of Aug. 1st, people living with cystic fibrosis will be eligible to receive coverage for a new treatment drug, Alyftrek. (Michelle Berg / Saskatoon StarPhoenix)
By
Keesha Levesque
August 5, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
Last Updated: August 5, 2026 at 7:10 a.m.
Saskatchewan residents living with cystic fibrosis are now eligible to receive coverage for a new treatme…
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