Free Medication

Pfizer announced a program to help newly unemployed persons and their families to get Pfizer medications for free.

The program, for those who lost health insurance and been unemployed since Jan. 1, will be open for enrollment through Dec. 31. For those eligible, Pfizer medications will be free for up to one year.

''We all know people who have been laid off recently and have lost their health insurance, making it difficult for them to pay for healthcare,'' said Jorge Puente, Pfizer's regional president of Worldwide Pharmaceuticals. ``We thought there must be some way we could help.''

All of Pfizer's patient assistance programs, including the new program, can be reached by calling 1-866-706-2400 or by visiting www.PfizerHelpfulAnswers.com.