Call for support of parliamentary petition
February 23, 2016
Presentation of petition
Organisers of a petition on the availability of the drug pembrolizumab in New Zealand invite members of the public, especially those affected by metastatic melanoma and their clinicians, to take part in its presentation to Parliament on Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 12.30 pm.
The petition requests “that the House of Representatives approve extra funding to Pharmac so that the drug pembrolizumab can be made available to all New Zealanders with advanced melanoma, regardless of socio-economic status”.
A flyer for printing and attaching to noticeboards can be found here.