Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Dec 2020
Kiwis going into debt to pay for drugs other countries fund
21 December 2020 - An internal stoush at the drug-buying agency PHARMAC has blocked funding for a life-extending drug for bowel cancer patients, that's available in 52 other countries.
Meanwhile, patients are going into debt to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the drug cetuximab, which can extend their lives by months or even years.
