[Hopespringpcsg] FW: FYI From finance.yahoo.com Topic:ZYTIGA(R)* Now Available for Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer in British Columbia Prior to Chemotherapy

[Glen Tolhurst]

Hi all:

Interesting announcement, below.

It raises the question "who will step up to the plate?".

Take care,

Glen

 


ZYTIGAR* Now Available for Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer in British
Columbia Prior to Chemotherapy


TORONTO , Nov. 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Effective November 15, 2013 , British
Columbia is the first province to include ZYTIGAR (abiraterone acetate) on
its public formulary for men living with metastatic prostate cancer who are
asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic after failure of androgen deprivation
therapy (ADT).1 Men living with advanced prostate cancer, their caregivers
and health care professionals are encouraged to learn more about the
specific eligibility criteria that are required to be met for reimbursement
of ZYTIGAR by the B.C. Cancer Agency at the following link
<http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/4478D9DB-662B-43C2-8839-6D3C374D3FAE
/67240/STUpdateNov2013SupplementFinal.pdf> . 

"I support the B.C. Cancer Agency's decision to reimburse ZYTIGAR as I have
seen the benefits of this treatment for men living with advanced prostate
cancer," says Dr. Martin Gleave **, urologic surgeon and Executive Director,
Vancouver Prostate Centre. "It's exciting to have an option now available
for treatment earlier in the disease that can help delay progression and
improve overall quality of life." 

In July 2011 , ZYTIGAR was approved by Health Canada for the treatment of
men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who had
received prior chemotherapy containing docetaxel after failure of ADT.2
Health Canada approved a second indication for ZYTIGAR in May 2013 for the
treatment of men with mCRPC who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic after
failure of ADT.3 

"The expansion of access to ZYTIGAR is welcome news for eligible men to help
restrict this common and lethal disease," says Don Konantz , age 51 from
Vancouver, BC . "On behalf of patients with metastatic prostate cancer and
as the Chair of the Canadian Coalition to Cure Prostate Cancer, I
congratulate British Columbia and the B.C. Cancer Agency for their
leadership." 

 


Perhaps it is time for PCC to mobilize the troops across Canada to get the
other provinces to follow suit. 


 

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