Visit www.MesotheliomaWebDirectory.com Today!:Australian Victims Group Presses For Federal Support for Alimta

An Asbestos Victims Association in South Australia is calling for the Mesothelioma drug Alimta (permetrexed) to be subsidized by the government.  The drug has been shown to prolong survival time and improve the quality of life for mesothelioma victims, however, the treatments are often prohibitively costly.  The relative rarity of the disease means that subsidizing it would not prove extremely costly for the Australian government, estimates being around $4 million annually. WHYALLA NEWS Reports:Whyalla Asbestos Victims' Support Group chairperson John Arthur said he did not know of any local sufferers using the drug, mainly due to its cost."We are certainly for the push to list it," Mr Arthur said.Read More: Calls to subsidise mesothelioma drug more...

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Originally Posted on 6/6/2005 10:45:26 PMContent source: http://www.mesotheliomareporter.org/2005/05/australian_vict.html