5:07 pm today

Pharmac speaks on HRT supplier change decision

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm today

More than 6000 women have signed a petition calling for Pharmac to keep funding their preferred HRT patches after they were blind sided by the agency's decision to change to a brand many say does not work for them. Following a shortage of estrogen patches, Pharmac has decided to switch the hormone therapy patches it funds from Estradot to Mylan by the end of next year. Pharmac Chief Executive Sarah Fitt spoke to Lisa Owen.