23 June 2017 - PHARMAC is ditching a policy that required New Zealanders diagnosed with HIV to reach a threshold of illness before receiving treatment.

The approach, which deprived New Zealanders diagnosed with HIV of immediate treatment, is being revoked, two years after Pharmac received clinical advice that a change would be in the public's best interest.

The long-standing policy stated that those diagnosed with HIV had to wait until their immune system had been damaged before they could start therapy, only receiving medication when their immune cell count was well below the average.

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