
31 October 2023 - Canadians wait years for new drugs, even those already deemed safe, because public funding takes longer to arrive than in any other G7 country. Some want to change that. Will it work?
Jas Velic was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2023. He’s been waiting for a cutting-edge treatment called CAR-T therapy, which is not yet publicly funded in Canada. In the meantime, he suffers through weekly chemotherapy.