Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2020
Internationally respected medical specialist slams PHARMAC, urges PM to investigate
30 September 2020 - In a blistering open letter to Prime Minister Ardern, world renowned expert in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, Professor Richard Gearry, blasts PHARMAC for “gross obfuscation” around their refusal to fund a desperately needed medication for people with these diseases.
He calls their decision “inhumane” and “indefensible”.
After attempts to meet with Health Minister Chris Hipkins have been repeatedly declined, he is now appealing to the Prime Minister to urgently investigate the agency’s “deeply flawed decision-making processes”.
