Here is Allison from our local hep C resource centre, which has had its funding cut. This was done at very short notice, (she has missed some genotypes, lol) but good job!. She has been doing this for years on virtually minimum wage, she used to get invited to the higher level strategy meetings but asking questions like- hello- what about daclatisvir- (which is virtually unheard of here)- and other inconvenient things, she has only about 3 months left until closure.

And an update on the Medsafe story in this article: Allison, Tina and I have been talking direct to some doctors here and although the wording of the accompanying letter is off putting, they seem happy to sign the necessary letter, that is specific to Redemption. There are only 2 versions; that one and one for all other suppliers and in fact any other medicine. The Redemption one gives them confidence about their patients using their prescription for this supplier only, which is what most doctors obviously prefer. Great job FixHepC getting this set up as we can point to it as a pretty strong endorsement of this supply chain.

http://www.dunedintv.co.nz/news/hepatitis-c-drug-funding-applauded