Thursday, March 20, 2008

Finding Formulary Coverage

Quite often I find myself needing to know whether a particular drug is covered on a provincial or private formularies. Usually, finding this information is not difficult, but it is time-consuming. However, I've recently found a database website that is attempting to keep track of just that.

Drugcoverage.ca is maintained by Plasmid Biocommunications, a communications company specialising in prescription drug reimbursement. As such, it isn't quite the official word on drug coverage, and their product list isn't as extensive as I would like, but the information does appear to be accurate. At the very least the website is a place to start your research.

On drugdiscovery.ca you can check to see which provinces cover a drug on their provincial formularies, and you can also check for federal coverage such as with Veterans Affairs Canada. Finally, it will give you an idea to the extent of coverage by private plans, and whether any manufacturer or other special access programs exists for the drug.

1 comment:

Alison said...

Your drugdiscovery.ca website does not seem to be active. Is this indeed the correct url for the site?

Thanks.