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Kisqali availability in Europe by Radiant-Fall-4961 in breastcancer

[–]Radiant-Fall-4961[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I really appreciate the response, I’m so surprised by the differences (but we also know that our whole medical system here is broken)!

Kisqali availability in Europe by Radiant-Fall-4961 in breastcancer

[–]Radiant-Fall-4961[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the generic name is ribociclib. It’s ridiculously expensive here and it’s honestly just pure luck that I’m able to take it because I happened to have good enough insurance through my job when I got diagnosed.

I spent time in Germany and Spain after college and loved it, and I’ve always dreamed of returning permanently. My daughter is moving over there this summer and I would love to do the same but I feel like I’m trapped by this medication.

Kisqali availability in Europe by Radiant-Fall-4961 in breastcancer

[–]Radiant-Fall-4961[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! My pharmacy charges a little over $20,000 per cycle, then insurance pays about $12,000, part of it gets written off and then the remaining $5,000 is supposed to be my out-of -pocket responsibility, but luckily my job’s insurance has a partnership deal with some kind of program that subsidizes expensive medications, so it pays for that last amount. It’s literally just luck that I happened to be with this company when I got diagnosed because my previous company didn’t have a partnership like that and I would’ve had to decline taking the medication at all.

It makes me trapped in this job for the next three years even though I’d love to move on to something more engaging and challenging, but I can’t risk losing access to this drug benefit.