Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Select committee inquiry into PHARMAC would be too slow - Labour
12 April 2019 - The Government says a select committee inquiry into PHARMAC's drug-buying processes would take longer than current reviews of the agency.
The Opposition tried and failed to launch an investigation by the Health Select Committee earlier this week, after complaints it's taking too long to fund groundbreaking new cancer drugs.
Cancer patient Claudine Johnstone told The AM Show on Thursday she's leaving for Australia - where drugs like Ibrance are funded - to give her a chance of seeing her four-year-old daughter start school.
