This week the coalition government made a significant investment in Pharmac, increasing funding by NZ$604 million over the next four years.

Advocates of cancer patients say Pharmac is now “on notice” to deliver the 26 Government-funded cancer treatments in a timely fashion in light of the public uproar caused when the Government’s cancer policy was delayed.

Pharmac welcomes the Government’s funding boost which will see about 175,000 more people receiving the medicines they need in the first year.