Informed Rx Full Formulary - The University of Toledo

INTRODUCTION
catamaran
Catamaran utilizes a Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (P & T Committee), made up of practicing
physicians, pharmacists, and nurses to help ensure that our formulary is medically sound and that it supports
patient health. This committee reviews and evaluates medications on the formulary based on safety and
efficacy to help maintain clinical integrity in all therapeutic categories.
FORMULARY DESIGN
There are numerous formulary designs that can be used by a pharmacy benefits administrator. Catamaran has
chosen a formulary structure which is open and incentive based.
Open Formulary: features uniform co-payments for medications that are preferred and non-
preferred brands, plus lower co-payments for generic drugs.
Incentive Based: features different co-payments for medications that are on or off the formulary.
In this type of formulary, the patient cost structure may be either a two-tier or three-tier design.
USING THIS FORMULARY REFERENCE GUIDE TO HELP CONTAIN COSTS
Many benefit sponsors use the Catamaran formulary to help manage the overall cost of providing
prescription drug benefits. This formulary offers a wide range of medications from which to choose. We
realize that this formulary reference guide may not include every drug from every manufacturer. However,
choosing a preferred drug when it is appropriate can provide access to the necessary medications to
stay healthy, at a cost that is more affordable.
KNOWING HOW THE FORMULARY INFORMATION IS ORGANIZED
The following formulary reference guide is designed so that generic products are listed first in each drug
category. The preferred brand name products are listed next, and non-preferred brand products are listed last.
PLEASE NOTE: If a generic product is listed in the "generics" section and its corresponding brandname
product is not listed in the "preferred brand-name" section, then only the generic product is on
the formulary. If a brand name product is listed in the "preferred brand-name" section and its
corresponding generic product is not listed in the "generics" section, then a generic version of the
medication is not available.