Herceptin for stage4 bone mets expenses

Welcome to BCO, RayG. We are very sorry for your diagnosis, but glad you found us. You are not alone in your fears, nor in your illness.

Here is a link to a fairly recent news item relating to the efficacy of a lower-cost, biosimilar version of Herceptin. I do not know if it is available in the Indus region. You might contact Roche (as to Herceptin) and Biocon/Mylan (as to its biosimilar medicine) to find out about any reduced cost programs they may have for Indus region patients, and also have your Oncologist look into clinical trials that would provide your medicine or appreciably reduce its cost for you.

http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/biosimilar_trastuzumab_comparable_to_brand,_asco_hears_1034837

In the HealthUnlocked website, there is a forum titled Breast Cancer India, in which the problem of getting more affordable Herceptin seems to be a common topic. Much of the content on HeathUnlocked is hidden from unregistered viewers, so I recommend registering with HeathUnlocked for access to read through the content in its Breast Cancer India section. On the upper right part of the page in the Breast Cancer India section is a little search box where you can search for the term Herceptin to find relevant discussion threads. Here are some example threads from there:

https://healthunlocked.com/breastcancerindia/posts/133937798/price-of-herceptin

https://healthunlocked.com/breastcancerindia/posts/132028005/info-and-price-of-herceptin

https://healthunlocked.com/breastcancerindia/posts/133928307/herceptin-price-and-finance-help

Here at BCO, we have two Forum sections that we hope will also be very helpful to you --

We have this discussion section on HER2+ (Positive) Breast Cancer topics:

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/80

And this discussion section for Stage IV members:

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/8

Roche India has this "Blue Tree" program to help. Here is information.

http://www.rocheindia.com/home/media/Providingconfidenceandsupporttopatients.html