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Unfunded Intravenous (IV) Cancer Drugs

A difficult issue is what to do when patients seek out very expensive cancer drugs which have not been approved for funding. Cancer Care Ontario is working with different levels of government to strengthen publicly funded programs for cancer drugs, and to also look at the level of medical benefit, appropriateness and cost-effectiveness of different drugs.

Provincial Working Group Recommendations

In 2006, the Provincial Working Group on the Delivery of Oncology Medications for Private Payment in Ontario Hospitals developed recommendations for the Ministry of Health for the provision of unfunded IV cancer drugs. For a copy of this report, email us at InfoPDRP.

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