Healthcare professionals leading source of information On company's prescription savings programs

If you forget to ask, there’s a reference on this site called “Needy Meds” that will link to a page that will offer additional assistance with getting access to many drugs, always listed in the right hand side of the site, under the $4.00 Prescription section. BD

More than a third of the people who contacted AstraZeneca to inquire about the company's prescription savings programs learned of the programs from their doctors or pharmacists, according to a year-long survey of more than 12,000 patients. The survey found that 35 percent of the patients who called AstraZeneca's information center regarding prescription savings programs said they were referred by healthcare professionals. Another 14 percent learned of the program from brochures, which also are available in doctors' offices, hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.