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June 2020 Medicare Drug List Updates: Twenty-five (25) medications added to 2020 Medicare Part D Drug plan formularies.

Monthly Formulary changes · published Jun 18, 2020

We now have the recently released June 2020 Medicare Part D prescription drug plan formulary (drug lists) data online and included in our Formulary Browser and Drug Finder.  The June formulary updates include the addition of 36 new National Drug Codes (NDCs), representing 25 different prescription drugs, many with multiple strengths.  The formulary updates impact both stand-alone Medicare Part D plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage plans with drug coverage (MAPDs).

Highlights of the June 2020 Formulary update include fourteen newly-added generic drugs: The June Medicare Part D drug data includes 14 new generic medications, six of which are newly-introduced generic drugs.  These drugs include:
  • CLOVIQUE [Syprine®],
  • AZELASTIN-FLUTIC [Dymista®],
  • SULFASALAZINE DR [Sulfazine EC®],
  • NABUMETONE [Relafen®],
  • DICLOFENAC EPOLAMINE [Licart®], and
  • EVEROLIMUS [Zortress®]

You can see our article "June 2020 Drug List Updates: Fourteen (14) new generic drugs added to many Medicare Part D plan formularies" found at on this site for more about coverage the new generics.


The June 2020 Formulary update includes four (4) newly-added brand-name drugs:  The June drug data updates also include eleven (11) new brand-name drugs, four (4) of which are newly introduced brand-name drugs, some with multiple strengths. These drugs include:
  • NEXLETOL®,
  • CAPLYTA®,
  • TALICIA®, and
  • GLOPERBA®
Please note that these new generic and brand-name drugs are not available on all Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage drug plans - and you can review the chart to see the (often limited) number of plan formularies that now include these drugs.

Reminders about Medicare prescription drug plan formulary changes
  1. Medicare Part D plans (PDPs and MAPDs) can change their formulary or drug list during the year and may drop one of your formulary medication mid-year for specific Medicare-allowable reasons (such as a new generic drug is available), but there are steps you can take if your medication is no longer covered by your prescription drug plan.

  2. Your Medicare Part D plan will notify you if the plan drops a medication you are currently using.

Reminder: What is the NDC?

The NDC or National Drug Code is used to uniquely identify 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 drug manufacturer, the second set of number identifies the product and strength, and the third set of numbers identifies the packaging.  You can read more on this site

There are many reasons for NDCs to be added to the Medicare Part D program, a summary for all 40 new NDCs is as follows:

Reason for NDC Addition Occurrences
New Delivery Form 6
New Drug 12
New Drug and Strength 3
New Drug, Delivery Form and Strength 1
New Manufacturer and Delivery Form 2
New Manufacturer and Strength 10
New Strength 2
Total New NDCs 36

The following chart details the 36 new manufacturer / drug-strength / packaging combinations (NDCs) that were added to one or more Medicare Part D formularies in the most recent updates -- as you will notices, some drugs are only covered by a few Medicare plans.

You can click on the Drug Code (NDC) or Drug Name below to go to our on this site Drug Finder ( on this site) and see the details of how this drug is covered by all Medicare Part D plans (PDPs) in Florida (our example state).  You can then change the state in our search form for details of drug coverage in your service area.
NDC Drug Name Number of
PDP Formularies*		 Number of
MAPD Formularies*		 Notes
60505095303AZELASTIN-FLUTIC 137-50MCG SPRAY/PUMP [Dymista]462New Drug
00013010110AZULFIDINE 500 MG TABLET37New Delivery Form
72060014230CAPLYTA 42 MG CAPSULE67388New Drug
66435070020CLOVIQUE 250 MG CAPSULE [Syprine]55337New Drug
00054024324CODEINE SULFATE 15 MG TABLET28217New Strength
16110058780CORDRAN 4 MCG/SQ CM LARGE MED. TAPE776New Drug
00093322555DICLOFENAC EPOLAMINE 1.3% PATCH TD12 [Licart]2116New Drug
10370028011DUTASTERIDE-TAMSULOSIN 0.5-0.4 CPMP 24HR [Jalyn]31306New Drug
69097052734ESOMEPRAZOLE DR 10 MG PACKET SUSPDR PKT [Nexium]12108New Drug, Delivery Form and Strength
69097052834ESOMEPRAZOLE DR 20 MG PACKET SUSPDR PKT [Nexium]12108New Manufacturer and Delivery Form
69097052934ESOMEPRAZOLE DR 40 MG PACKET SUSPDR PKT [Nexium]12108New Manufacturer and Delivery Form
00054047021EVEROLIMUS 0.25 MG TABLET [Zortress]67382New Drug and Strength
00054047121EVEROLIMUS 0.5 MG TABLET [Zortress]67382New Drug and Strength
00054047221EVEROLIMUS 0.75 MG TABLET [Zortress]67382New Drug and Strength
75854080101GLOPERBA 0.6 MG/5 ML SOLUTION0
15New Drug
00069048603IBRANCE 100 MG TABLET67385New Delivery Form
00069068803IBRANCE 125 MG TABLET67385New Delivery Form
00069028403IBRANCE 75 MG TABLET67385New Delivery Form
23155002101KETOPROFEN 50 MG CAPSULE [Orudis]26168New Manufacturer and Strength
23155002201KETOPROFEN 75 MG CAPSULE [Orudis]26172New Manufacturer and Strength
76336008060LYSODREN 500 MG TABLET67388New Drug
42806005030MEPERIDINE 50 MG TABLET [Meperitab]347New Strength
00185014501NABUMETONE 500 MG TABLET [Relafen]62386New Drug
72426011803NEXLETOL 180 MG TABLET123New Drug
00169300715NOVOLIN 70-30 FLEXPEN INSULN PEN27250New Delivery Form
00378535001PERPHENAZINE 2 MG TABLET [Trilafon]67388New Manufacturer and Strength
52536016401PERPHENAZINE 4 MG TABLET [Trilafon]67388New Manufacturer and Strength
52536016801PERPHENAZINE 8 MG TABLET [Trilafon]67388New Manufacturer and Strength
75826013650PHENOBARBITAL 15 MG TABLET67387New Manufacturer and Strength
75826013850PHENOBARBITAL 30 MG TABLET67387New Manufacturer and Strength
76385012701SOTALOL AF 160 MG TABLET [Sorine]67375New Manufacturer and Strength
76385012501SOTALOL AF 80 MG TABLET [Sorine]67375New Manufacturer and Strength
59762010405SULFASALAZINE DR 500 MG TABLET [Sulfazine EC]60379New Drug
57841115002TALICIA DR 10-250-12.5 MG CAPSULE IR DR0
9New Drug
13668033201TRAZODONE 150 MG TABLET [Desyrel]67388New Manufacturer and Strength
00071241835ZARONTIN 250 MG/5 ML SOLUTION0
6New Delivery Form

Our online Formulary Browser and Drug Finder
You can review any Medicare plan formulary using the on this site FormularyBrowser found at: FormularyBrowser.com or compare how any medication is covered on all Medicare plans in your Service Area using our Drug Finder found at on this site.