E-Prescriber Access To Non-Preferred Drug Listings Is Industry Concern
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Physicians should not have to scroll or click through new windows to see non-preferred and off-formulary drugs, Pfizer, J&J tell the standards subcommittee of the National Committee on Vital & Health Statistics.
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