Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Mar 2021
PHARMAC saving money at the expense of Kiwis' health
11 March 2021 - Peter Davis’ observations regarding PHARMAC funding new drugs every time there is a change of government highlight everything that is wrong with the agency.
Former health minister Annette King, who in 1999 instructed PHARMAC to fund Interferon for multiple sclerosis patients, then stated “New Zealand was one of only two countries in the world mean enough not to fund those drugs.”
For Herceptin to be funded for breast cancer patients properly, former prime minister John Key circumvented PHARMAC and funded the drug through the Ministry of Health.
