Funding for lifesaving drug denied by B.C. health authority as couple struggles to fund their portion - Vancouver Sun

Coverage for a potentially lifesaving drug has been denied to a Vancouver man with a stage four cancer, even though the drug is approved by Health Canada, and was prescribed by his oncologist.

Entrectinib, a targeted drug that had shown positive results in tumours that had the same gene expression, costs $10,200 a month Manuel and Samia Perez with their 10-month-old daughter Amalia.Photo… [+5566 chars]

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