YesRx's Cancer Drug Repository Program Expands to 13 Clinics in Michigan

According to a Feb. 11 press release,13 cancer clinics have now joined YesRx’s cancer drug repository program. The programs help individuals with cancer get medication at no cost and donate unused medication to others across the state of Michigan.

The release said, “Thanks to a new partnership with one of the state’s largest cancer care networks, several Karmanos Cancer Network locations, anchored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, part of McLaren Health Care, have become a large part of the YesRx Network of CDR programs, creating improved cancer medication access for tens of thousands more cancer patients.”

Further, “Physicians providing cancer care at 13 Karmanos Cancer Institute clinics throughout the state now have access to medications available through the CDR to provide to their patients free of cost. These sites, which are located near a McLaren Health Care hospital and make up a large portion of the Karmanos Cancer Network, also accept donations of unused medications from individuals. Karmanos’ retail pharmacy at the Weisberg Cancer Center in Farmington Hills is now a dispensing pharmacy for the YesRx program. Karmanos Cancer Network locations may request unused medications from YesRx to provide to patients who need those therapies at their clinics.”

YesRx was founded as a 501(c)(3) charitable service organization in June 2023. And since August of 2023, the YesRx Network said it has prevented over $17 million in cancer medication being disposed of.