July 2016 summary of the new medications added to Medicare Part D plan formularies (drug lists)

The June, 2016 Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) includes the addition of 38 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program. These NDCs represent 31 different drugs, many with multiple strengths.

What are National Drug Codes or NDCs?
As a reminder, the NDC uniquely identifies a particular drug, manufacturer, strength, and packaging combination. The NDC is often shown on your prescription bottle as an 11-digit code (see the charts below) or could be formatted as 00000-0000-00 where the first set of numbers identifies the manufacturer, the second set of number identifies the product and strength, and the third set of numbers identifies the packaging.

There are many reasons for NDCs to be added to the Medicare Part D program, a summary is as follows:

Reason for NDC Addition	Occurrences
New Delivery Form	2
New Drug	12
New Drug and Strength	10
New Manufacturer	1
New Manufacturer and Strength	1
New Manufacturer, Strength and Delivery Form	3
New Strength	8
New Strength and Delivery Form	1
Total New NDCs	38

The following chart details the 38 new manufacturer / drug / strength / packaging combinations (NDCs) that were added to one or more Medicare Part D formularies in the most recent updates. You can click on the Drug Name below to go to our on this site DrugFinder to see the details of how this drug is handled by all Medicare Part D Plans in Florida -- You can then change the state to your state for details in your service area.

NDC	Drug Name	Notes
00037759012	AEROSPAN 80 MCG INHALER	New Drug
70362072201	ALLZITAL 25-325 MG TABLET	New Drug
49401010201	BENLYSTA 400 MG VIAL	New Strength
75987007009	BUPHENYL POWDER	New Drug
51672412301	CARBAMAZEPINE ER 100 MG TABLET	New Manufacturer, Strength and Delivery Form
63323023710	CEFAZOLIN 1 GM VIAL	New Manufacturer
10370017111	DARIFENACIN ER 15 MG TABLET [Enablex]	New Drug and Strength
10370017011	DARIFENACIN ER 7.5 MG TABLET [Enablex]	New Drug and Strength
00037352001	DEMADEX 20 MG TABLET	New Strength
00641617301	DICYCLOMINE 20 MG/2 ML VIAL	New Manufacturer, Strength and Delivery Form
40085071645	DOXEPIN 5% CREAM	New Manufacturer, Strength and Delivery Form
52054010701	EMVERM 100 MG TABLET CHEW	New Drug
40076041560	ERYGEL 2% GEL	New Drug
00409468818	FLUCONAZOLE-NACL 200 MG/100 ML	New Manufacturer and Strength
68462069497	FROVATRIPTAN SUCC 2.5 MG TABLET [Frova]	New Drug
00002882427	HUMULIN R 500 UNITS/ML KWIKPEN	New Delivery Form
00591024010	LORAZEPAM 0.5 MG TABLET	New Strength
64011024702	MAKENA 250 MG/ML VIAL	New Drug
51021033330	METAXALL 800 MG TABLET	New Drug
00409177835	METOPROLOL TARTRATE INJ.USP 5MG/5ML CARPUJECT	New Strength and Delivery Form
60505083001	MOMETASONE FUROATE 50 MCG SPRY	New Delivery Form
61958210101	ODEFSEY TABLET	New Drug
68682010230	OMEPRAZOLE-BICARB 20-1,100 CAP	New Drug and Strength
68682010430	OMEPRAZOLE-BICARB 40-1,100 CAP	New Drug and Strength
00168035860	OXICONAZOLE NITRATE 1% CREAM [Oxistat]	New Drug
00085435301	PEGINTRON 50 MCG KIT	New Strength
42847010330	SILENOR 3 MG TABLET	New Strength
00409508611	TAZICEF 6 GRAM VIAL	New Strength
45963061556	TOPOTECAN HCL 4 MG VIAL	New Drug
61874017008	VRAYLAR 1.5 MG-3 MG PACK	New Strength
00069050130	XELJANZ XR 11 MG TABLET	New Strength
67857080937	ZEMBRACE SYMTOUCH 3 MG/0.5 ML	New Drug
65224031060	ZOHYDRO ER 10 MG CAPSULE	New Drug and Strength
65224031560	ZOHYDRO ER 15 MG CAPSULE	New Drug and Strength
65224032060	ZOHYDRO ER 20 MG CAPSULE	New Drug and Strength
65224033060	ZOHYDRO ER 30 MG CAPSULE	New Drug and Strength
65224034060	ZOHYDRO ER 40 MG CAPSULE	New Drug and Strength
65224035060	ZOHYDRO ER 50 MG CAPSULE	New Drug and Strength

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