Drug Assistance Program
Most major pharmaceutical companies have drug assistance programs which provide medications to people who cannot afford them. In most cases, your physician must apply to these programs on your behalf, but you can call and obtain the applications and information yourself.
| Company | Product | Phone | Fax |
| Alza | Ethyol (amifostine), Doxil HCI | 800-609-1083 | 800-482-1896 |
| Amgen Inc. | Neupogen (filgrastim or granulocyte colony stimulating factor) | 800-272-9376 | 888-508-8090 |
| Anesta | Actiq (oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate) | 877-229-1241 | |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals | Armidex (anastrozle), Casodex (bicalutamide), Nolvadex (tamoxifen citrate), Zoladex (goserelin acetate implant) | 800-424-3727 | |
| Aventis Pharmaceuticals | nilandron (available through the Aventis Patient Assistance Program-Kansas City) | 800-221-4025 | |
| Bayer Corporation | DTIC Dome | 800-998-9180 | |
| Berlex Laboratories | fludara (fludarabine phosphate) for injection | 800-473-5832 | 703-706-5925 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | all Bristol-Myers Squibb oncology products | 800-272-4878 | 888-776-2370 |
| Chiron Therapeutics | proleukin (aldesleukin, IL-2), DepoCyt (cytarabine liposome injection) | 800-775-7533 | 415-495-6790 |
| Eli Lilly & Company, Lilly Oncology | gemzar, oncovin, and velban | 888-4-GEMZAR (888/443-6927) | 877-366-0585 |
| Genentech, Inc. | herceptin (trastuzumab), rituxan (rituximab) | 888-249-4918 Single Point of Contact/UPP | 888-249-4919 |
| Gilead Sciences Reimbursement Support and Assistance Program | vistide, danuoxome | 800-226-2056 | 888-216-6857 |
| Glaxo Wellcome | duragesic (fentanyl transdermal system), ergamisol (levamisole hydrochloride) tablets | 800-722-9294 | |
| MGI Pharma, Inc. | salagen tablets (pilocarpine hydrochloride) | 888-743-5711 | |
| Novartis | Call for product list | 800-257-3273 | 480-314-7170 |
| Nycomed Amersham | OncoSed (1-125 Seeds), Rapid Strand (1-125 seeds), Metastron (Strontium-89 Chloride) | 800-654-0118 | 609-514-6575 |
| Ortho Biotech Inc. | procrit (epoetin alfa) for non-dialysis use, leustatin (cladribine) injection | 800-553-2851 | 800-683-7855 |
| Parke-Davis | Most Parke-Davis outpatient products with chronic indications are covered. | 908-725-1247 | |
| Pfizer, Inc. | diflucan | 800-869-9979 | |
| Pharacia & Upjohn | This company does not give out product lists. Patients must go through Oncology Hotline first for a review of benefits. After that, the patient is referred to the patient assistance program if applicable. | 800-242-7014 | |
| Roche Laboratories, Inc. | xeloda, vesanoid, Roferon-A, FUDR (floxuridine) | 800-443-6676 (choose option #2) | |
| Roxane Laboratories, Inc. | Oramorph Sr, roxanol, roxicodone, marinol, viramune | 800-274-8651 | |
| Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals | matulane (procarbizine) | 800-999-6673 | 746-6481 |
| SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals | hycamtin, kytril | 800-699-3806 | 714-750-8513 |
| The Liposome Company | abelcet | 800-345-2252 | 714-750-8513 |
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