OCP Pharmacy Ontario Jurisprudence Exam
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What does DIDFA stand Drug Interchangeability and dispensing fee act
for
provincial law drug and interchangeability and
dispensing fees
- is applied in addition to the other laws that govern
the dispensing in Ontario
What is DIDFA?
- regulations on OCP website
- provides requirements and guidance for dispensing
meds in ON
- clarifies interchangeability
Does DIDFA apply to NO - under Public Hospitals act
dispensing of a drug in a
public hospital
Why was encourage the use of high quality, generic drugs and
interchangeability to help reduced the costs to the public for
introduced? medications
a drug or combination of drugs in a particular dosage
form and strength identified by a specific product
What is an
name or manufacturer and designated as
interchangeable product?
interchangeable with one or more other such
products
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proprietary name or registered name that the
manufacturer assigns to a product such as Prozac or
Specific product name Apo-Floxetine
- both generic and brand name
having the same therapeutic moiety but of possibly
Similar active ingredients
different salts, esters, complexes or solvates
What is the Executive - designating products as interchangeable or
officer responsible for in removing the designation
terms of - ensuring high quality, affordable drugs are listed as
interchangeability? an interchangeable
Who publishes the ODB Execuetive office of the Ontario Public Drug
formulary / comparative Programs
drug index?
1) provides a listing of all products that are eligible for
What are the purposes of reimbursement under the ODBA
the formulary? 2) identifies all the interchangeable products that are
eligible for reimbursement under ODBA
- decide which drug to keep in their inventory
Why the formulary useful
- helps hospitals and other drug plans with making
for pharmacies?
decisions for their programs
The formulary is divided 12
into ____ parts
web link to for the formulary search which provides a
Part 3 A of the formulary
searchable products that are benefits under ODB
contains a listing of "off formulary" interchangeable
Part 3 B of the formulary products. There products are NOT benefits under
ODB
the application of interchangeable designations to
Off Formulary drug products where the original (brand name)
Interchangeability products are not listed as ODB benefits in the
formulary
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