Company brings unapproved lifesaving drugs to Australia. But is it medicine for the rich?

By Liam Mannix
Updated December 19 2016 - 6:09pm, first published December 6 2016 - 11:57pm
Karen Cowley suffer from terminal breast cancer, which she treats with a drug not available in Australia.  Photo: Eddie Jim
Karen Cowley suffer from terminal breast cancer, which she treats with a drug not available in Australia. Photo: Eddie Jim
Social Medwork CEO and founder Sjaak Vink. Photo: Supplied
Social Medwork CEO and founder Sjaak Vink. Photo: Supplied

When the cancer in Karen Cowley's breast spread to her spine and brain, and her current drugs weren't working any more, she decided she wasn't ready to die.