Title: SUTENTPISlidekitfinalversionFeb1
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2SUTENT? (sunitinib malate) capsules
3Pfizer Oncology FirstRESOURCE Program Provides
Access to Patients Seeking SUTENT
- Coverage and reimbursement information
- Insurance Benefit Verification, Prior
Authorization Assistance, Information About Payer
Policy, Education About Medicare and LIS
Assistance - Appeals assistance
- Assistance with appeals process with denied
claims or coverage - Assistance with identifying sources of alternate
coverage - Referrals to patient support programs
- Patient assistance program
- Assists eligible underinsured and uninsured
patients gain access to SUTENT
Call FirstRESOURCE at 1-877-744-5675Hours of
Operation 9am to 8pm ET
4How Will Physicians and Patients Become Aware of
Services, Such as Co-Pay Assistance?
Refer Physicians or Patients to FirstRESOURCE,
If They Are Concerned About Ability to Afford
SUTENT
- FirstRESOURCE Will
- Research and Educate Patients Regarding All
Available Options for Assistance for Patients
(including All Co-Pay Foundations) - Directly Contact the Appropriate Foundations
Based on the Patients Diagnosis and Need - Co-Pay Assistance Organizations Will
- Create Awareness Through Marketing and Other
Initiatives in an Effort to Support the Needs of
Appropriate Patients
5Medicare Prescription Drug Programs Coverage of
SUTENT
- Mandatory inclusion of drugs in 6 protected
classes, including Oncology, is limited to
treatments available in 2005. - Medicare Prescription Drug Programs are required
to review new agents within 90 days of
availability. - A final formulary decision needs to be published
within 180 days of availability - Pfizer will be providing information on SUTENT to
healthcare plans shortly after approval.
6Ongoing SUTENT Studies
- Early data suggest that SUTENT may also have
activity in other tumor types. Pfizer has
initiated an extensive clinical research program
to explore the potential safety and efficacy of
SUTENT in the treatment of a number of different
types of cancer. - A phase III study evaluating the safety and
efficacy of SUTENT as a first-line treatment for
metastatic RCC has completed enrollment and data
collection is ongoing. - Additional clinical studies are evaluating SUTENT
as a single agent and in combination with other
treatments for a number of other solid tumors - Pfizer also has a clinical trials agreement with
the National Cancer Institutes (NCI) Cancer
Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) to conduct
further studies of SUTENT for patients with many
types of cancers - Patients and their physicians are encouraged to
call the SUTENT clinical trial information line
at 877-416-6248 or to visit the Pfizer Oncology
Web site (www.pfizeroncology.com) or for more
information. - Please see full prescribing information
7Emerging Med Trial Matching and Referral Service
Links Patients to SUTENT Clinical Trials
Physician/Patient contacts www.PfizerOncology.com
Phone (877) 416-6248
- Patient Profile is Matched with Study Criteria
- Patient Selects Trial/Site
- Clinical Trial Specialists Provide Support
- Education
- Navigational Assistance
- Ongoing Counseling