People in Ontario will have fast-tracked access to some new cancer drugs, Sylvia Jones, the province’s deputy premier and minister of health announced Tuesday.
Program aims to connect patients to cancer treatments almost a full year sooner
People in Ontario will have fast-tracked access to some new cancer drugs, Sylvia Jones, the province’s deputy premier and minister of health announced Tuesday.
The Funding Accelerated for Specific Treatments, or FAST, program aims to connect patients to life-saving and life-changing cancer treatments almost a full year sooner, reducing delays and improving access, Jones said at the University Health Network’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.
The program is designed to expedite access to seven to 10 high-priority cancer drugs every year that are approved by Health Canada while jurisdictions across Canada negotiate prices before public funding.
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