After your patient has enrolled, we will pair them with a dedicated Patient Access Liaison (PAL). Our mission is to connect, coordinate, and champion your patient at the most important steps along the way:
CONNECT: Your patient will be connected to one person dedicated to partnering with them throughout their treatment experience
COORDINATE: Your patient will receive educational support on insurance, financial assistance options, important appointment-related information, and more
CHAMPION: Your patient’s dedicated partner will strive to empower them to be confident self-advocates committed to maintaining their treatment goals
What Amgen By Your Side can do to support your patients:
"I help patients understand what is needed to access treatment and empower them to be their own advocate."
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appropriate patients
Does your patient have commercial insurance?
They may qualify for $0 co-pay for both the cost of the medication and the intravenous infusion
Does your patient have government insurance, like Medicare?
Independent foundation support might be an option†
Who can help educate your patients on the insurance approval process?
Once your treatment plan is set in place, the Patient Access Liaison can help by talking with your patient about the insurance approval process and potential out-of-pocket treatment costs
Is your patient uninsured?
Contact the Amgen By Your Side team at 1-833-5-TEPEZZA (1-833-583-7399) to discuss support options
†Please note that independent foundations establish, administer, and implement the funds, which are separate and apart from Amgen. While we cannot guarantee access or reimbursement for our medicines, we can educate you and your staff about gaining access to the medicine and various patient financial support programs.
*The Amgen Commercial Co-pay Program may be available to patients who meet the following minimum criteria:
Offer cannot be combined with any other rebate or coupon, free trial, or similar offer for the specified prescription. Not valid for prescriptions reimbursed in whole or in part by any government-funded program including but not limited to Medicare, Medicare Part D, Medicaid, Medigap, VA, CHAMPUS, DOD, TRICARE, or any state, patient foundation, or other pharmaceutical program. Offer good only in the United States at participating specialty pharmacies or sites of care. Offer not valid where otherwise prohibited by law, for example by applicable state law prohibiting co-pay cards. Amgen reserves the right to rescind, revoke, or amend offer without notice. The selling, purchasing, trading, or counterfeiting of any co-pay card or benefits is prohibited by law. This co-pay program is not insurance and is not intended to substitute for insurance. Age for eligibility is dependent on product indication.
Infusion Reactions: TEPEZZA may cause infusion reactions. Infusion reactions have been reported in approximately 4% of patients treated with TEPEZZA. Reported infusion reactions have usually been mild or moderate in severity. Signs and symptoms may include transient increases in blood pressure, feeling hot, tachycardia, dyspnea, headache, and muscular pain. Infusion reactions may occur during an infusion or within 1.5 hours after an infusion. In patients who experience an infusion reaction, consideration should be given to premedicating with an antihistamine, antipyretic, or corticosteroid and/or administering all subsequent infusions at a slower infusion rate.
Preexisting Inflammatory Bowel Disease: TEPEZZA may cause an exacerbation of preexisting inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Monitor patients with IBD for flare of disease. If IBD exacerbation is suspected, consider discontinuation of TEPEZZA.
Hyperglycemia: Increased blood glucose or hyperglycemia may occur in patients treated with TEPEZZA. In clinical trials, 10% of patients (two-thirds of whom had preexisting diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance) experienced hyperglycemia. Hyperglycemic events should be controlled with medications for glycemic control, if necessary. Assess patients for elevated blood glucose and symptoms of hyperglycemia prior to infusion and continue to monitor while on treatment with TEPEZZA. Ensure patients with hyperglycemia or preexisting diabetes are under appropriate glycemic control before and while receiving TEPEZZA.
Hearing Impairment Including Hearing Loss: TEPEZZA may cause severe hearing impairment including hearing loss, which in some cases may be permanent. Assess patients’ hearing before, during, and after treatment with TEPEZZA and consider the benefit-risk of treatment with patients.
The most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥5% and greater than placebo) are muscle spasm, nausea, alopecia, diarrhea, fatigue, hyperglycemia, hearing impairment, dysgeusia, headache, dry skin, weight decreased, nail disorders, and menstrual disorders.
TEPEZZA is indicated for the treatment of Thyroid Eye Disease regardless of Thyroid Eye Disease activity or duration.
Please see Full Prescribing Information for more information.
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Infusion Reactions: TEPEZZA may cause infusion reactions. Infusion reactions have been reported in approximately 4% of patients treated with TEPEZZA. Reported infusion reactions have usually been mild or moderate in severity. Signs and symptoms may include transient increases in blood pressure, feeling hot, tachycardia, dyspnea, headache, and muscular pain. Infusion reactions