We Aussie Her2 women need your help. TDM1 -Kadcyla- is only available to us if ws pay in full, abt $170,000, or through Roche's compassionate access program. This means paying an average of abt $15,000 for 3 cycles. Our public health system contributes nothing. Our health insurance funds do not pay for chemo drugs.
The Government has twice rejected including TDM1 on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to enable women with her2 to access it with public subsidies.
Meanwhile Roche is threatening to end the compassionate access program, (the deadline has just been extended from August to October) meaning women women could have to pay the full price to access TDM1.
Please please help us by signing the following petition-started by my amazing Mum Janine. And, if you can, share it to your facebook friends and other networks.
Many thanks - Belinda
https://www.change.org/p/peter-dutto...share_petition