Gigantism sufferers to benefit from new miracle drug subsidy

By Adam Gartrell
Updated August 14 2016 - 8:38am, first published 12:15am
Actor Richard Kiel had gigantism. Photo: Richard Darby
Actor Richard Kiel had gigantism. Photo: Richard Darby

Australians who suffer from a rare disease that causes gigantism will benefit from a Turnbull government subsidy that will give them cheap access to a drug that normally costs $50,000 a pop.

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