54 more medicines to be funded

Shane Reti and David Seymour announced:

The coalition Government is delivering up to 26 cancer treatments as part of an overall package of up to 54 more new medicines, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti and Associate Health Minister David Seymour announced today.

“Pharmac estimates that around 175,000 people will benefit from the additional treatments in just the first year,” Dr Reti says.

Excellent news. What matters more – that the announcement was delayed four weeks, or that 175,000 people will benefit from the new drugs!