8 May 2017 - The proposal to fund earlier access to HIV drugs has been welcomed by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation which had already collected more than 6000 signatures on a petition about the issue.

PHARMAC on Sunday announced it had begun consultation on a package of treatments it proposed to fund with the extra $60 million allocated to the organisation in a pre-Budget announcement.

Among the proposals was earlier access to four HIV anti-retrovirals which would benefit about 3000 New Zealanders.

New Zealand AIDS Foundation executive director Jason Myers said the organisation was "delighted at the proposal".

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