Kids with cancer might soon not be able to access new drugs
Kids with cancer might soon not be able to access new drugs
3 May 2021
Pharmac is considering scrapping a rule in which it funds any medicine the doctor asks for, for children with cancer.
The change is being considered in light of the claim it discriminates against children with other diseases.
Pharmac says it hasn't made any decisions yet but has confirmed it's looking at the mechanism around the funding for new medicines.
Patient Voice Aotearoa spokesperson Fiona Tolich says Pharmac's picking who lives and who dies.
She says she feels likes she's in some kind of sick movie because it's hard to believe in New Zealand we would go to these lengths just to stop a case of discrimination.
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