Financial Resources

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  • Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition  The FAC has lists of charities providing financial and other types of assistance. You enter the type of cancer and your zip code, check the boxes for the type of aid you need and hit submit. A list of potential resources is displayed. Contact each and every resource listed. If the group can not help you, ask them if they know who can.
  • Your local United Way. Dial 211 from a traditional landline or do a google search for the United Way in your geographic area.
  • Amgen – The drug manufacturer provides medication to people who are unable to afford them as a free or reduced cost.
  • Eisai – The drug manufacturer provides medication to people who are unable to afford them as a free or reduced cost.
  • Eli Lilly – The drug manufacturer provides medication to people who are unable to afford them as a free or reduced cost.
  • Emergency Medical Assistance For Drug Not Yet Approved
  • Genentech – The drug manufacturer provides medication to people who are unable to afford them as a free or reduced cost.
  • GlaxoSmithKline Orange Card – Program assists individuals on Medicare who have no prescription drug coverage
  • GlaxoSmithKline Oncology Program – Program assists individuals on Medicare who have no prescription drug coverage.
  • Partnership for Prescription Assistance – The Partnership for Prescription Assistance helps qualifying patients without prescription drug coverage get the medicines by matching them with the right assistance programs.
  • RX4NJ – Rx4NJ is a program that connects qualified, low-income people with discount prescription drugs, direct from the pharmaceutical manufacturer.