We have chosen to include Altorvastatin, Clopidogrel, Escitalopram, Pioglitazone, Quetiapine Fumarate and Valsartan-HCTZ to the list of Top 10 Medicare Drugs, so our list actually includes 16 drugs -- Lipitor® with it’s generic equivalent Atorvastatin and Escitalopram for Lexapro®, Clopidogrel for Plavix®, Pioglitazone for Actos®, Quetiapine Fumarate generic equivalent for Seroquel® and Valsartan-HCTZ for Diovan HCT®).
The changes to the number of formularies covering these medications looks as follows:
| Count of 2013 Formularies covering the Top 10 Medicare Drugs Program wide | |||||||||||
| Formulary Count* | |||||||||||
| NDC | Drug Name | 2012 Start** | 2012 End** | 2013 Start*** | Jan. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | |
| 00430047203 | ACTONEL 35 MG 36 DOSE PACK | 0 | 218 | 229 | 227 | 214 | 233 | 232 | 235 | 233 | |
| 64764030116 | ACTOS 30MG TABLET (500 CT) | 286 | 283 | 312 | 313 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 64764030115 | ACTOS 30MG/1 TABLET (90 CT) | 292 | 269 | 225 | 228 | 214 | |||||
| 00173069600 | ADVAIR DISKUS MIS 250/50 | 249 | 276 | 300 | 301 | 282 | 306 | 303 | 307 | 307 | |
| 63304082790 | ATORVASTATIN 10 MG TABLET [Lipitor] | 0 | 280 | 312 | 313 | 294 | 317 | 314 | 318 | 316 | |
| 00378362777 | CLOPIDOGREL TAB 75MG [Plavix] | 0 | 272 | 299 | 300 | 293 | 316 | 313 | 317 | 315 | |
| 00078031534 | DIOVAN HCT 160/12.5MG TABLET | 276 | 274 | 232 | 234 | 228 | 201 | 184 | 187 | 185 | |
| 00093585101 | ESCITALOPRAM 10 MG TABLET [Lexapro] | 0 | 262 | 297 | 298 | 293 | 316 | 313 | 317 | 315 | |
| 00088222033 | LANTUS 100U/ML VIAL | 284 | 280 | 306 | 307 | 287 | 310 | 307 | 311 | 309 | |
| 00456201001 | LEXAPRO 10MG TABLET | 237 | 156 | 92 | 91 | 79 | 92 | 90 | 92 | 92 | |
| 00071015523 | LIPITOR 10MG TABLET | 225 | 138 | 67 | 66 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 68 | |
| 00186504054 | NEXIUM 40MG CAPSULE | 199 | 196 | 182 | 180 | 182 | 195 | 196 | 199 | 198 | |
| 00378022893 | PIOGLITAZONE HCL 30 MG TABLET | 266 | 307 | 308 | 311 | 310 | |||||
| 63653117105 | PLAVIX 75MG TABLET | 287 | 258 | 114 | 112 | 103 | 115 | 110 | 113 | 109 | |
| 47335090288 | QUETIAPINE FUMARATE 25 MG TAB [SEROQUEL] | 0 | 271 | 292 | 293 | 286 | 309 | 314 | 318 | 316 | |
| 00310027510 | SEROQUEL 25MG TABLET | 282 | 198 | 116 | 114 | 103 | 117 | 112 | 115 | 112 | |
| 00378632205 | VALSARTAN-HCTZ 160-12.5 MG TAB | 294 | 293 | 296 | 297 | ||||||
*The formulary counts include both stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDP) and Medicare Advantage plans (MAPD) in all states and the U.S. territories.
**Initial (start) 2012 CMS formulary dataset dated October, 2011. The ending 2012 CMS formulary dataset dated September, 2012.
***Initial 2013 CMS formulary dataset dated October, 2012
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