Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2017
Cancer sufferer pushes for life-changing drug palbociclib to be subsidised in Australia
9 May 2017 - A far north Queensland woman is calling for a cancer drug she currently gets through monthly trips to Hong Kong to be included on the PBS.
Lisa Laird, a long-term cancer patient, will continue her monthly pilgrimage to get life-changing drugs in Hong Kong, after authorities decided to permit their use in Australia without offering a public subsidy.
Ms Laird has been taking the drug palbociclib for more than a year to keep her metastatic breast cancer at bay.
