Information for Health Industry Professionals

Drug Reviews and Submission Requirements

• Drug Coverage & Drug Coverage Decisions—provides information about:
  • how drug coverage decisions are made
  • how you can provide input into those decisions
  • why and when a coverage decision was made
  • whether PharmaCare covers a specific drug
  • how manufacturers can request that a drug be considered for PharmaCare coverage
• Drug submission requirements for patented drug products
• Drug submission requirements for generic drug products

Benefit Information—Drugs and Medical Supplies

• PharmaCare Drug Data File
• PharmaCare Formulary Search
• Low Cost Alternative/Reference Drug Program Data Files
• Special Authority Drugs (includes Limited Coverage Drugs, Reference Drug Program, No-Charge Psychiatric Medication Plan and Alzheimer's Drug Therapy Initiative)
• Trial Prescription Program Drugs
• Reduced Mark-Up of High-Cost Drugs ^{(PDF 167K)}
• Reimbursement of Non-Returnable High-Cost Injectable Drugs ^{(PDF 415K)}
• Medical Supplies—General Coverage Information
• Medical Supplies—Product Identification Numbers (PINs)
• Nicotine replacement therapy products ^{(PDF 228K)}
• Cystic Fibrosis formulary of digestive enzymes and nutritional supplements
• Diabetes
  • Blood glucose test strips
  • Diabetes supplies
  • Insulin pumps
  • Insulin pump supplies
• Miscellaneous products
• Ostomy supplies
• Prosthetic and orthotic products, including mastectomy and ocular products and allowable repairs and adjustments

Newsletters and Bulletins

• PharmaCare Newsletters provide updated information on PharmaCare policies, drug coverage, audit issues, etc.  
• PharmaNet Bulletins provide information related to the PharmaNet system, the provincewide prescription claim processing network that links community pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, and other health care providers to a central set of databases at the Ministry of Health.
• Newsletter/Bulletin Notification Service. Sign up to receive an e-mail notification whenever a PharmaCare Newsletter or PharmaNet Bulletin is posted on our website.

PharmaNet

• About PharmaNet
• Access to PharmaNet

Annual Performance Reports

• PharmaCare Trends 2010/11 ^(PDF 552K)
• PharmaCare Trends 2009/10 ^(PDF 773K)
• PharmaCare Trends 2007/08 ^(PDF 590K)
• Pharmaceutical Services Division Annual Performance Report 2006 ^{(PDF 2.0M)}
• PharmaCare Annual Performance Report 2005 ^(PDF 1.5M)

Studies and Reviews

• Report of the Pharmaceutical Task Force - April 2008 ^{(PDF 3.9M)}
• Activity-Based Costing Study Report - January 2007 ^{(PDF 1.6M)}