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Maximum Award Level

Eligibility Criteria

Patient should be insured and insurance must cover the medication for which patient seeks assistance.

The medication must fight the disease directly.

Patient must be a legal US resident.

Patient’s income must fall below 500% of the Federal Poverty Level.

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Phone: Call 1-866-316-PANF (7263)

Information About the Disease

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is the name of a group of conditions that occur when the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow are damaged. This damage leads to low numbers of one or more type of blood cells.  In MDS, the cells in the bone marrow have problems making blood cells. Many of the blood cells that are formed by the bone marrow cells are defective. The body destroys these abnormal blood cells, leaving the patient without enough normal blood cells and low blood counts.

For more information visit the Myelodysplastic Syndrome Foundation website or call 1-800-MDS-0839.  You can also visit the American Cancer Society website and click on Cancer Reference Information or call 800-ACS-2345 (800-227-2345).