Bikers for Boobs ... #288

First there was Boobs on Bikes, now a new group, Bikers for Boobs has hit the road.Thirty riders arrived in Wellington from Auckland, stopping at the bottom of parliament's steps and holding a protest rally.
They presented a petition calling for twelve months access to the early stage cancer drug Herceptin. The government's drug buying agency will fund nine weeks of Herceptin but has refused to fund it for a year. Spokeswoman Maxine Cook told those gathered that she feels let down by the government and its failure to respond to women who need the drug.

Doctors and lobby groups have criticised the decision, saying the 12 months option has proven to be effective. They say the nine-week combination treatment is unproven and based on a small sample of women in a Finnish trial. Eight patients took Pharmac to court last month seeking a judicial review of Pharmac's funding.