25 June 2024 - Advocates of cancer patients say PHARMAC is now “on notice” to deliver the 26 Government-funded cancer treatments in a timely fashion in light of the public uproar caused when the Government’s cancer policy was delayed.
The challenge comes amid widespread celebration of the Government’s promise to spend more than $642 million over four years to purchase and deliver 26 cancer treatments alongside 28 non-cancer-related medicines, estimated to help 175,000 people in the first year.