Anyone know how much the drug "Zometa" may cost?

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Average Cost:

4 mg.dose $713.65

Trade Name:

Zometa®

(Novartis)

FDA approval:

2001 - hypercalcemia of malignancy

2002 - bone metastases indication

For hypercalcemia of malignancy and the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma and patients with documented bone metastases from solid tumors, in conjunction with standard anti-cancer therapy.

Prostate cancer patients should have failed to benefit from continuing treatment with at least one hormonal therapy.

* 4 mg by single-dose intravenous infusion over no less than 15 minutes

It is necessary to have a test of kidney function before each infusion of Zometa® since it has not been established that Zometa® can be safely administered if kidney function is not normal.

Source(s): http://www.paget.org/Information/FactSheet/bisfact...