Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2019
Relief, but at what cost? The steep price of modern psoriasis medications
5 February 2019 - Biologics offer great relief to most, but hard to get coverage for.
A group of people suffering from a painful and potentially embarrassing chronic skin condition are banding together to pressure the Newfoundland and Labrador government to expand funding for the newest treatment options — which are neither cheap, nor easy to access.
Samantha Piercey is one of those leading the charge on behalf of biologics, a class of drugs that have brought major changes to people like her, who live with psoriasis, a condition for which there is no cure.
