How to pay the least
Ask for the cash price
Generic topotecan
No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.
- Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic topotecan.Find pharmacies near you
- Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.
A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Hycamtin, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
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Details for each option
Brand nameNo maker’s card
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Hycamtin’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Hycamtin’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Hycamtin itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. A regular generic is sold, with the same active ingredient: ask the pharmacy for its price.
Regular genericWho makes it
3 companies sell a generic of Hycamtin that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.
It’s mostly filled by specialty pharmacies. Your prescriber’s office or insurer can tell you which one to use.
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Accord Healthcare4 mg/4 mL
Product page on accordhealthcare.us
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
4 mg/4 mL Yellow
Package NDC Package of 4 mL 16729-151-31 Inactive ingredients: mannitol, tartaric acid, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide
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Actavis Pharma4 mg/4 mL
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
4 mg/4 mL
Package NDC Carton of 4 mL 45963-615-56 Inactive ingredients: mannitol, tartaric acid, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide
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Fresenius Kabi4 mg/4 mL
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
4 mg/4 mL
Package NDC Box of 4 mL 63323-762-10 Inactive ingredients: mannitol, tartaric acid, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide
Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.
What to say at the pharmacy
“Before you fill my Hycamtin, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand and for a generic?”
Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.
What it’s used for
What the FDA label says
HYCAMTIN for injection is a topoisomerase inhibitor indicated for treatment of:
- Patients with metastatic ovarian cancer after disease progression on or after initial or subsequent chemotherapy, as a single agent
- Patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) platinum-sensitive disease who progressed at least 60 days after initiation of first-line chemotherapy, as a single agent
- Patients with Stage IV-B, recurrent, or persistent cervical cancer which is not amenable to curative treatment, in combination with cisplatin
Source: the FDA label for Hycamtin (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation), July 7, 2022. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Hycamtin. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Hycamtin’s maker.
- Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.
Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/hycamtin/