18 July 2014

CMAJ July 8 758-760. New treatments for metastatic melanoma TORONTO Anthony Joshua MBBS(NSW) PhD et al

Paper discussed
YERVOY ( Ipilimumab) Bristol-Myers Squibb given by IV drip once every 3 weeks for 4 doses.Cost: $120,000
ZELBORAF(Vemurafenib)Roche. Orally.960mg every 12 hours. $11,000/month for 6 months.= $66.000.

NOT PAID in ATLANTIC PROVINCES (New Brunswick,Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island and TERRITORIES.(N.W.Territory, Nunavuk,Yukon)

(Comment: In Canada Geography could determine length of life. Patients can move to a more generous Province. QUEBEC is best. Logically Federal control of Medicine would remove this absurd situation).

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