Medication Assitance Programs

AstraZeneca - Patient Assistance Program information and documents, including enrollment forms, can be reached via the following links: English: www.azandme.com, Spanish: www.azconmigo.com.

GlaxoSmithKline - Patient Assistance Program for non-oncology medicines, provides GSK prescription medicines to eligible low-income patients without prescription drug benefits. www.bridgestoaccess.com/.

Merck - Patient Assistance Program Information about Mercks program can be found at www.merck.com/merckhelps/patientassistance/home.html.

Novartis and Genentech - Patient Assistance Programs for Xolair at www.xolairaccesssolutions.com or by calling 800-704-6610.

Schering-Plough - Patient Assistance Program information can be accessed by going to www.schering-plough.com/responsibility/we-care.aspx#0.

The link to all the Patient Assistance Programs is www.pharma.org.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) publishes a directory of companies, which provide drugs to physicians whose patients might not otherwise have access to needed medicines. Ask your doctor if you qualify for any of these programs.

The Cost Containment Research Institute has created a thirty-two-page booklet, "Free and Low Cost Prescription Drugs." It lists phone numbers and addresses of eighty-five pharmaceutical companies and an easy-to-use index of the drugs they make, plus contact information for five discount mail-order services. To be eligible for these programs, patients must be referred by a physician and meet criteria for assistance. The listings are available free at the institute’s web site - www.institute-dc.org

For a paper copy of the booklet, send $6.00 to:

Institute Fulfillment Center
Prescription Drug Booklet PD-370
P.O. Box 462
Elmira , NY 14902-0462.