Expert Committees
Nova Scotia Pharmacare
Expert Committees
Formulary Advisory Committees
Assesses the clinical and cost effectiveness of drugs that do not fall under the mandates of the National Common Drug Review (CDR) or the Pan Canadian Oncology Drug Review (pCODR), and provides formulary listing recommendations to the provincially funded drug plans in Atlantic Canada.
Conducts objective, rigorous reviews of the clinical, cost-effectiveness, and patient evidence for drugs, and also provides formulary listing recommendations to Canada’s publicly funded drug plans (except Quebec).
Visit Common Drug Review (CDR) website
Determines interchangeability among pharmaceutical products and recommends to the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness those products which will appear as interchangeable in the Nova Scotia Formulary.
Assesses cancer drugs and makes recommendations to the provinces and territories to guide their drug funding decisions.
Visit Pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review (pCODR) website
Research, Review, and Education
Provides Nova Scotia with a structure to identify, develop, implement, and evaluate educational interventions that address drug utilization issues in the province.