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Call for ACC and MSD to clarify funding of medicinal cannabis scripts
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Call for ACC and MSD to clarify funding of medicinal cannabis scripts
Thursday 9 September 2021, 01:43 PM
Eqalis chief medical officer Elizabeth Plant believes both ACC and MSD should develop coherent policies so prescribers can have certainty over when a script for a medicinal cannabis product will be funded
A former Pharmaceutical Society president turned medicinal cannabis entrepreneur is calling for ACC and the Ministry of Social Development to form coherent policies on funding of prescribed medicinal cannabis products.
The evidence is evolving. But there are significant patient stories where it made their quality of life better
Under certain criteria, both ACC a