11 Jul 2016

Hep C Buyers Club

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 11 July 2016

A group set up to help Hepatitis C sufferers access breakthrough new drugs says despite Pharmac now funding the treatment, thousands are still missing out. 

Hazel Heal has suffered from Hepatitis C for about 30 years, and she joined the FixHepC Buyers Club, which helps  patients import new medications at a fraction of the cost.

As of this month Pharmac is now funding two of those drugs, but Hazel Heal says half of patients are still not able to access them.

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