Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2019
Cancer drug advocate holds back tears pleading for PHARMAC funding boost
7 August 2019 - National MP Maggie Barry is promising cancer drug advocates she will continue to push for an inquiry into PHARMAC's spending on life-extending medicines.
MPs at the Health Select Committee heard from a range of campaigners calling for PHARMAC to fund more medicines, from those that deal with lung cancer, to ovarian cancer, breast cancer and leukaemia.
Neil Graham, a medical specialist, presented to the committee over his petition calling for funding of life-saving treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
