A cancer specialist has warned that if medicine patents are
extended under the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, patients will have to
wait longer for the drugs they need.
Christchurch oncologist Bernie Fitzharris told Nine to Noon patients were already dying waiting for new drugs to be funded by the Government's drug buying agency Pharmac. Dr Fitzharris said, for instance, there was a new drug to treat malignant melanoma but it was not yet available under the public health system.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/top/279978/cancer-specialist-warns-tpp-will-delay-medicines
Christchurch oncologist Bernie Fitzharris told Nine to Noon patients were already dying waiting for new drugs to be funded by the Government's drug buying agency Pharmac. Dr Fitzharris said, for instance, there was a new drug to treat malignant melanoma but it was not yet available under the public health system.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/top/279978/cancer-specialist-warns-tpp-will-delay-medicines