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New Enhancements To AstraZeneca’s Medicare Part D Patient Assistance Program
By Earl Whipple At AstraZeneca, we know the most important step we can take to improve healthcare is to continue building a pipeline of valued medicines that make a meaningful difference in patients’...
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AstraZeneca Contributes to Global Rescue Effort for Haiti (updated)
By Earl Whipple AstraZeneca is contributing to the global rescue effort in the wake of Haiti’s devastating earthquake. We have donated antibiotic and respiratory medicines through US charity...
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AstraZeneca announces total patient savings and prescriptions through AZ&Me™
By Earl Whipple Today AstraZeneca announced total patient savings and prescriptions provided through its AZ&Me™ patient assistance program. In 2009, the AZ&Me™ Prescription Savings Program...
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AZ savings program helps half million patients
Have you ever seen a television commercial for an AstraZeneca medicine and wondered what this message meant: “If you cannot afford your prescription, AstraZeneca may be able to help”? It refers to our...
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Top 10 states in our savings program
Following up on Monday's post on AstraZeneca's prescription savings programs, the chart above (click to enlarge) shows the top 10 states by number of patients in the program. An interesting thing...
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Join us for an #Rxsave Twitter chat
AstraZeneca (@AstraZenecaUS) will host a one-hour chat on Twitter at 8 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, February 16 to raise awareness about helping patients save money through prescription savings programs....
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Using the #rxsave Twitter chat to help patients
First, thank you to everyone who participated in last night's #rxsave Twitter chat on prescription savings programs. From our perspective, the most impressive aspect of the chat was the sheer number of...
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Speaking the language of your health plan
Many health insurance plans change constantly, and it can be difficult to identify how these changes affect your treatment options without understanding some of the common terms in your plan. What...
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How to save on your prescription medicines
Watch the above video to learn how to potentially save money on your prescription medicines through the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. Additionally, click here to learn more about...
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More patients receiving free AZ medicines in 2011
In January, we shared information about the number of patients who received their AstraZeneca medicines at no cost through the AZ&Me Prescription Savings Programs in 2010. As we pass the half-year...
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Tips on preparing for public health emergencies
PhRMA’s blog – The Catalyst – has a helpful post up on being prepared as we all watch Hurricane Irene head toward the United States: Hurricane Irene came ashore over Puerto Rico this weekend. It could...
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Rx savings options for former COBRA-insured patients
Former COBRA-insured individuals may apply for AZ&Me Prescription Savings Program As reported by Kaiser Family Foundation, this week marks the end of a federal subsidy for COBRA premiums to assist...
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Access, affordability and one patient’s experience
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Lisa Scottoline recently wrote about her experience in trying to access one of our medicines – CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin calcium). It is a frustrating – and all too common...
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Patient assistance: Understanding patient need
At AstraZeneca, we continue to work with community health clinics and other partners to raise awareness of the prescription assistance that is available for people who need help affording medicines. A...
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AmeriCares delivers donated AstraZeneca medicines to clinics
AmeriCares delivers donated AstraZeneca medicines to 100 clinics in 28 states Today, AmeriCares announced that it has begun delivering several million dollars worth of donated AstraZeneca medicines to...
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More patients eligible for free AstraZeneca medicines
AstraZeneca broadens income eligibility for prescription savings programs AstraZeneca has broadened the income eligibility for our AZ&Me™ Prescription Savings Programs so that more patients may...
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AZ&Me prescription savings program helps more patients in 2011
Four years after the economic downturn took hold in 2008, we continue to see a record number of patients filling a record number of prescriptions in our AZ&Me Prescription Savings Programs. Last...
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AstraZeneca answers top questions about prescription savings programs
Jennifer McGovern, Director, AZ&Me Prescription Savings Programs We get a lot of questions about our prescription savings programs – what is available, who is eligible, how to access them and more....
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AmeriCares aids communities when disaster strikes
Family kits provide basic essentials such as toothbrushes, soap and washcloths to those struck by natural disasters. When wildfires, tornadoes and hurricanes strike, communities must respond to a...
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AZ&Me here to help in times of disaster
AZ works with organizations like AmeriCares to deliver disaster relief. What happens if you can’t get to your home or your doctor’s office because of a hurricane or other disaster and your medicines...
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