
WeNeedOrkambi
@orkambiaus
Sick Australians are dying whilst a med sits unused on a shelf - after 2.5 years & 3 rejections 1300 young Australians with Cystic Fibrosis need Orkambi now!
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https://www.facebook.com/WeNeedOrkambi 02-07-2015 13:46:44
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Picture this 2 children hv #cysticfibrosis same age everything same except they hv different genes. Child 1 gets precision medication to target his disease Child 2 is denied precision medication that’s #Discrimination isn’t it? #equalrights #orkambinow NHS England Sir Jeremy Hunt MP



Also, we in Australia are waiting for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Government's drug panel to decide whether a breakthrough drug, #Orkambi, is listed on our amazing public health care system. It's weeks away from a public decision, so please tell Vertex to LOWER THE PRICE #WeNeedOrkambi


We don’t just need Orkambi our lives depend on faster access to breakthrough medications. @GregHuntMP Catherine King MP Vertex Pharmaceuticals Australian Dept of Health, Disability and Ageing #WeNeedOrkambi #WeNeedThePipeline #FallingThroughTheCracks


We wait to hear the outcome of PBAC process on Friday. It’s not OK to bargain with our lives. #FallingThroughTheCracks #wereheretoo #weneedorkambi Rebekha Sharkie MP Derryn Hinch Sharon Claydon


#QUESTION = What would You Do if this was #YOU ?? HELP these People #NOW Aleta Gibbs REGINA SORENSEN 👩🦯 Sonia Marshall WeNeedOrkambi Tell EVERY #POLITICIAN = They NEED #ORKAMB NOW


RouleResponse Aleta Gibbs Akarnious WeNeedOrkambi Taryn Barrett Team Jessie kate_hillard Sonia Marshall REGINA SORENSEN 👩🦯 Matty D (blue tick) cf/Aware Strawfie Challenge Sandee Facy 🎙🎸🎵🎶🤠 @GregHuntMP Malcolm Turnbull Bill Shorten Tanya Plibersek Bernardi Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 Malcolm Roberts 🇦🇺 Calling it a new drug probably lets the people delaying its approval off the hook. Orkambi has been in the pipeline for around 3 years. As an Aussie taxpayer that makes me angry. Particularly when I see the waste govt displays almost daily.

Whilst we have a smaller CF population, the weeks of iv antibiotics, the new meds, the cf diabetes, the lung function decline & the lives being lost are the same in Australia. @GregHuntMP Vertex Pharmaceuticals we can't hold our breath forever. #WeNeedOrkambi #WeNeedThePipeline

Thinking of my Australian friends as they wait on #PBAC decision on Orkambi hopefully 4th time they do the right thing. God knows I wouldn’t be here if not for Orkambi, 5 years on I’m transformed. Everyone deserves this chance Sonia Marshall Cystic Fibrosis Aust WeNeedOrkambi REGINA SORENSEN 👩🦯

130 young people have died during the Kalydeco & Orkambi negotiations. @GregHuntMP Malcolm Turnbull we can't hold our breath forever - our lives depend on fast access to Orkambi & the pipeline of meds #WeNeedOrkambi #WeNeedThePipeline




Pleased to hear Cystic Fibrosis Aust have achieved access to #Orkambi there. #Australia is now one of 12 countries alongside the #US and 10 in #Europe that now have access while the #UK still waits for #OrkambiNow.
