2 Nov 2022

Pharmac seeking feedback on dropping automatic funding for child cancer drugs

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 2 November 2022

Pharmac is seeking feedback on a rule change that could affect child cancer patients. 

Under the current system, any medicine for pediatric cancer is automatically funded without a Pharmac assessment. 

But the rule has raised issues about fairness for other serious diseases, so it is being reviewed. 

Pharmac chief executive Sarah Fitt spoke to Corin Dann.