Patient Assistance Programs

In an effort to assist patients in obtaining the medications they need for good health, the following resource list is provided:

PatientAssistance.com lists over 1000 medication assistance programs. RXHope and RXAssist are additional resources.

Pharmaceutical Company Medication Assistance Programs

Many of the top pharmaceutical companies have patient assistance programs to help patients obtain the medications they need.

Abbott Laboratories - patient assistance foundation and other specific patient assistance programs

AstraZeneca - patient perscription assistance programs

Astellas Pharmaceuticals - patient assistance program and transplant assistance

Boehringer Ingelheim - has two programs, the BI Cares Foundation and RxHope

Bristol-Myers Squibb - has several patient assistance programs as well as a patient assistance foundation

Eli Lilly - has several patient assistance programs

Endo Pharmaceuticals - has three patient assistance programs

Forest Pharmaceuticals - patient assistance program

GlaxoSmithKline - patient assistance programs

King Pharmaceuticals (see Pfizer) - patient assistance program

Merck - patient assistance program and vaccine assistance program

Novartis - has several patient assistance programs

Novo Nordisk - has several patient assistance programs, including one for diabetes

Pfizer - has several patient assistance programs

Procter & Gamble - patient assistance program

Purdue Pharma - patient assistance program

Roche - has a patient assistance program through Genetech

Sanofi Pasteur - patient assistance program and also gives information regarding access to vaccines

Sanofi US - patient assistance program

Shire - patient assistance program

Solvay Pharmaceuticals - was acquired by Abbott Labs, but still has a patient assistance program

Takeda - patient assistance program

TEVA - has several patient assistance programs

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now part of Pfizer) - patient assistance program through Pfizer