The proposal to fund earlier access to HIV drugs has been welcomed by the New Zealand Aids Foundation which had already collected more than 6000 signatures on a petition about the issue.
Pharmac on Sunday announced it had begun consultation on a package of treatments it proposed to fund with the extra $60 million allocated to the organisation in a pre-Budget announcement.
Among the proposals was earlier access to four HIV anti-retrovirals which would benefit about 3000 New Zealanders.
New Zealand Aids Foundation executive director Jason Myers said the organisation was "delighted at the proposal".
The foundation started a petition calling for earlier access to the drugs about last September and today had 6527 signatures.