USP Draft Medicare Formulary Sets 146 Drug Categories And Classes
Executive Summary
U.S. Pharmacopeia's draft model for Medicare prescription drug formularies establishes 146 unique therapeutic categories and pharmacologic classes, falling in between the numbers of drug groups sought by drug manufacturers and PBMs
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