Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Nov 2019
PHARMAC funding new leukaemia medicine
4 November 2019 - New Zealanders with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia will have another medicine option available to help them live longer from 1 December 2019.
PHARMAC expects around 150 people will benefit from treatment with venetoclax in the first year of funding it, increasing to 230 New Zealanders by the end of the second year.
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is the most common form of leukaemia in New Zealand with around 120 people diagnosed annually.
