Health groups urge NZers to sign petitions by 6 May
BCAC and
Health groups marching to Parliament to present multiple petitions
BCAC and Lung Foundation NZ media release, 30 April 2019
PHARMAC rejects own experts' view on breast cancer drug
Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition media release
Women deserve ‘game-changing’ breast cancer medicines
Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition media release, 16 October 2018
Shocking findings reveal NZ lagging behind in advanced breast cancer treatment
Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition media release, 7 September 2018
Media release: Plea for medicines funding
The Government must increase funding for medicines desperately needed by people with breast cancer and other cancers, Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) says.
Report on medicines funding is a damning tale that needs an immediate happy ending
A breast cancer charity says a new report that identifies a multi-million dollar funding gap for medicines is a damning indictment of a failing system and an urgent wake-up call for change.
BCAC thrilled with plans for extended breast screening
The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) is thrilled to see a proposed extension of the upper age for free breast screening from 69 to 74-years-old in the Labour-New Zealand First coalition agre
Breast cancer charity welcomes new drug but says desperate patients need it publicly funded now
A breakthrough breast cancer drug can now be used in New Zealand, but the Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) is calling for Ibrance (palbociclib) to be publicly funded immediately.
