How to pay the least
Ask for the cash price
Generic gefitinib
Only Amazon Pharmacy posts a price for gefitinib 250 mg, 30 tablets, and it’s for members.
- Ask your pharmacy: “What’s your cash price for generic gefitinib 250 mg, 30 tablets?”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.
With a membership $3,915.60 for 30 tablets from Amazon Pharmacy, by mail ($139 a year).
Open Amazon PharmacyA regular generic has the same active ingredient as Iressa, 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 Iressa’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Iressa’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Iressa 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 genericWhere to buy it
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic gefitinib, lowest first.
Delivered
- Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy $3,915.60for 30 tablets250 mgPrime members only · $139 a year · Free delivery · Prime price: limits on some medicines if you're over 65 or have Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
From each pharmacy’s own site, read November 2, 2026. Confirm the price before you fill.
About these prices
Prices change, can differ by store and state, and may depend on the strength and how many you take. With insurance, ask what your plan charges; it can be less.
Regular genericWho makes it
3 companies sell a generic of Iressa 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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Ingenus Pharmaceuticals250 mg
Has lactose · Made by Qilu Pharm Hainan
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
250 mg Brown, round, 11 mm, marked “QL”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 50742-366-30 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, cellulose, microcrystalline, croscarmellose sodium, povidone k30, sodium lauryl sulfate, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol 3350, talc, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide red, ferrosoferric oxide, ferric oxide yellow
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Natco Pharma250 mg
Has lactose
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
250 mg Brown, round, 11 mm, marked “N / 250”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 69339-168-03 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose 101, microcrystalline cellulose 102, croscarmellose sodium, povidone k30, sodium lauryl sulfate, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, talc, ferric oxide yellow, ferric oxide red, titanium dioxide
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Teva Pharmaceuticals250 mg
Has lactose · Made by Actavis Laboratories FL
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
250 mg Light brown to brown, round, 11 mm, marked “250”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 0480-4053-56 Inactive ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone, sodium lauryl sulfate, polyethylene glycol 3350, polyvinyl alcohol, ferric oxide red, talc, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide yellow
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 Iressa, 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
IRESSA is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor indicated for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) substitution mutations as detected by an FDA-approved test.
Limitation of Use: Safety and efficacy of IRESSA have not been established in patients whose tumors have EGFR mutations other than exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) substitution mutations.
Source: the FDA label for Iressa (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP), February 28, 2023. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Iressa. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Iressa’s maker.
- Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/iressa/