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Corporate caregivers do exist!

Medcomglen
Medcomglen CSN Member Posts: 95
edited March 2014 in Prostate Cancer #1
Corporate caregivers do exist!

I contacted the Ferring Pharmaceutical Company that manufactures Firmagon(degarelix) last month regarding if they had a compassionate drug program. My Cobra Insurance was ending 10/31/10 and affording Firmagon as an out of pocket expense would be a severe financial burden. I was informed Ferring did not have a compassionate drug program for Firmagon in place but they would check on my situation and let me know.

To my surprise I received a phone call from a Ferring representative today asking for my Oncologists address so they could mail 3-4 injections for free for my future injections.

I would like to publicly convey a sincere thank you to all of the Ferring Pharmaceutical company employees that contributed to this compassionate decision.


Sincerely,
Glen M.
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  • steckley
    steckley CSN Member Posts: 100
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    Corporate Caregivers
    Glen,

    Very good news. Ferring Pharmaceutical is to be congratulated.

    Thank you for sharing!
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