The May, 2018 Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) includes the addition of 63 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program. These NDCs represent 43 different drugs, many with multiple strengths. Three new generic equivalents were added, Atazanavir Sulfate, the generic for Reyataz®, Doripenem, the generic for Doribax®, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate, the generic for Viread®, along with a few new strengths and or manufactures for Niacin ER [Niaspan ER®] and Tolterodine Tartrate [Detrol LA®].
In addition, Eight new brand-name drugs, some with multiple strengths, were added to Medicare Part D plan formularies. These drugs include, ALTAVERA-28®, CINVANTI®, EMFLAZA®, ENSKYCE®, KURVELO®, SEEBRI NEOHALER®, SHINGRIX®, and UTIBRON NEOHALER®.
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 for all 63 new NDCs is as follows:
| Reason for NDC Addition | Occurrences |
| New Delivery Form | 1 |
| New Delivery Form and Strength | 5 |
| New Drug | 9 |
| New Drug and Strength | 7 |
| New Manufacturer | 8 |
| New Manufacturer and Delivery Form | 1 |
| New Manufacturer and Strength | 11 |
| New Manufacturer, Strength and Delivery Form |
2 |
| New Packaging | 1 |
| New Product Code | 1 |
| New Quantity | 1 |
| New Strength | 16 |
| Total New NDCs | 63 |
The following chart details the first 63 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 Code (NDC) or Drug Name below to go to our on this site DrugFinder to see the details of how this drug is covered by all Medicare Part D Plans in Florida -- You can then change the state to your state for details in your service area.
You can review any Medicare plan formulary using the on this site FormularyBrowser at FormularyBrowser.com or compare how any medication is covered on all Medicare plans in your service area using our on this site.