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Patient Assistance and Support Programs |
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Schering-Plough is
committed to improving the health and well-being of people throughout
the world. In fulfilling that commitment, we are developing new
treatments and programs that assist patients in achieving their
best possible therapeutic outcomes. In the United States, an important
part of this effort involves helping patients through our patient
assistance and patient support programs.
Schering-Plough believes that the pharmaceutical industry needs
to address the challenges facing low-income, chronically ill, underinsured
and/or other uninsured people who cannot access the prescription
medicines they need to improve their health. We support efforts
to increase access, and are committed to assisting patients in need
to obtain treatment. We continuously evaluate our patient assistance
programs for their ability to do the most good for the most people.
We intend to maintain and, to the extent financially prudent, expand
our programs.
Patient Assistance
Schering-Plough assists patients in securing drug reimbursement
as well as providing lifesaving drugs at no cost to people with
low incomes through our patient assistance programs.
Informal patient assistance programs have been in place at Schering-Plough
since the early 1980s. Today, patients can apply for assistance
through two programs: Commitment
to Care (1-800-521-7157), which covers our
cancer and hepatitis drugs; and Schering-Plough Cares
(1-800-656-9485), which includes our other prescription
drugs. In 2007, these programs provided more than 60,000 patients with over $100 million worth of free Schering-Plough products.
Patient Support
Be In Charge is a free patient support program designed to provide
education and support to people diagnosed with hepatitis B or C
who are either not yet on therapy or who are receiving Schering-Plough's
PEG-INTRON (peginterferon alfa-2b) Powder for Injection and INTRON
A (interferon alfa-2b, recombinant) for Injection, or INTRON A therapy.
People enrolling in Be In Charge benefit by having access to specially
trained nurses and educational materials to help them understand
their condition and its therapy. If participants choose, a personal
nurse counselor will be assigned to them who will call them periodically
to answer their questions and encourage them throughout their therapy.
Participants who wish will also receive educational materials with
tips to help them remain on therapy. Be In Charge has helped thousands
of people since its inception.
To find out more about Be In Charge, call toll free: 1-888-437-2608.
All of Schering-Plough's patient assistance and support programs
are administered on behalf of the company by outside organizations.
Patient eligibility for Commitment to Care and Schering-Plough Cares are determined
case by case based on financial and insurance criteria. Schering-Plough
reviews its patient assistance and support programs periodically
to ensure that they are meeting the needs of both patients and the
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