Bill signed on campus lowers cost of cancer drugs​​​​​​​​

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signs legislation Wednesday, March 19, at Washington University Medical Center that increases the affordability and accessibility of oral chemotherapy medications. Joining him are (from left): Helen Chesnut, executive director of Susan G. Komen St. Louis; state Rep. Sheila Solon, of Blue Springs, who helped pass the bill; Mary Pillsbury Wainwright, a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society fundraiser and volunteer; Debbie Kersting, executive director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Gateway Chapter; JoAnn Shaw, BJC HealthCare vice president and chief learning officer; and John DiPersio, MD, PhD, deputy director of Siteman Cancer Center.
(Credit: PhotoS By Jerry Naunheim Jr.)
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Lance Horner of Cassville, Mo., holds his daughter, Loren Horner, 1, who has acute myeloid leukemia, during the bill-signing ceremony. State Rep. Sheila Solon, of Blue Springs, stands to the right.