Real life Dallas Buyers Club operation helps hepatitis C patients with free drugs

Real life Dallas Buyers Club operation helps hepatitis C patients with free drugs

Richard Woolveridge

Since the FixHepC Buyers Club was started by father-and-son team Dr John and Dr James Freeman, tens of thousands of people in more than 100 countries have made several million visits to the fixhepc.com website.

"At least 50 patients a week have signed up to get the drugs they need with the help of the club," Dr Freeman said.

"There's tremendous community spirit in Australia and we're getting patients saying, 'Look I'm not wealthy but I can afford to help out someone else with hep C. Let me donate the price of a course of pills for someone who can't pay'. "

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