May 2025 Submission to the Health Select Committee on the Medicines Amendment Bill

This submission is made by CLL Advocates NZ, an organisation representing the interests of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) patients and their families. In New Zealand, approximately 2,800 people are diagnosed with blood cancer each year. This number encompasses leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.  Leukaemia accounts for around 700 cases annually — the majority of these being CLL.