Several patients, doctors and advocates launched a letter-writing campaign on Monday, urging British Columbians to pressure their MLAs to push for increased access to a first-of-its-kind, long-lasting, injectable treatment for HIV.Dr. Brian Conway, medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, says all 15 of the applications he has made for Cabenuva have been rejected. Patience Magagula says every day, for more than 15 years, she has taken a pill to treat HIV.
Eligibility requirements are evaluated as necessary using evolving clinical evidence, according to the B.C.'s Ministry of Health. B.C. residents at risk of contracting HIV turn to online buyer's club to afford pricey lifesaving drug Dr. Brian Conway, medical director at the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, says the BC-CfE told him and others in a summer technical briefing that there were 12 patients on the drug and eight applications under review.
It's a requirement Conway and Chown say limits patients' and doctors' ability to decide what's best, together.Conway says he has submitted 15 patient applications for Cabenuva to the BC-CfE since 2020. None have been accepted, with six recent rejections citing a lack of evidence that oral pills weren't working for the patients.
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