Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2020
Outraged patients to present petition with over 30,000 signatures to ask for funding for desperately needed medication
2 December 2020 - Sick of waiting for years for PHARMAC to fund standard, current therapy to treat their diseases, patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are taking to the street to plead for ustekinumab, a medication that is funded in over 35 other countries throughout the world.
After gathering more than 30,000 signatures for a petition patients, supporters, gastroenterologists, and nurses are today marching to PHARMAC headquarters and then on to Parliament to take their message direct to the country’s decision-makers.
