PharmaCare Publications

On this page…

• Newsletters and Bulletins
• Patient Information Sheets
• Policy and Procedures Documents
• Legislation and Regulations
• PharmaCare Reports
• Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment
• Studies and Reviews
• PharmaNet

Newsletters and Bulletins

Subscribe to be notified whenever a newsletter or bulletin is published online.

• PharmaCare Newsletters 
• PharmaNet Bulletins

Patient Information Sheets

See our Patient Information Section for information sheets on Fair PharmaCare, the Prosthetics and Orthotics Program, the BC Palliative Care Benefits Program and other topics.

Policy and Procedures Documents

PharmaCare Policy Manual:

• PharmaCare Policy Manual 2012

Reference Drug Program (RDP):

The RDP was modernized in December 2016 with the addition of three categories and the revision of three existing categories.

View the RDP Modernization information kit online:

• Guide to the Modernized RDP (PDF)
• Modernized RDP Poster (PDF)—list of categories and drugs
• Decision Trees for Switching Drugs:
  • Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
  • Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs)
  • Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs)
  • Histamine₂ Blockers (H₂ Blockers)
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)
  • Statins
• Patient Information Sheet (PDF)

Data from the Modernized Reference Drug Program is now available, and will be published at regular intervals.

• Modernized Reference Drug Program: Monitoring Report (for the period ending May 31, 2017)(PDF)

Publicly Funded Vaccines:

• Vaccine Resources for Pharmacists

Legislation and Regulations

• Pharmaceutical Services Act (PDF)
• Drug Price Regulation (PDF)
  • Drug Price Regulation – Schedule (PDF, 1.0MB): list of drugs to which Section 5(2) (Low cost alternative categories established before April 1, 2013) of the Regulation applies
  • Drug Price Regulation – Schedule Amendment (PDF, 1.2MB), effective April 1, 2013
• Provider Regulation (PDF)
• Drug Plans Regulation (PDF)
  • List of Related Services (PDF, 112KB)
  • Schedules 1 and 2 - updated January 1, 2019 (PDF)
• Information Management Regulation (PDF)

PharmaCare Reports

• PharmaCare Trends 2017/18 (PDF)
• PharmaCare Trends 2016/17 (PDF)
• PharmaCare Trends 2015/16 (PDF, 591KB)
• PharmaCare Trends 2014/15 (PDF, 1.5MB)
• PharmaCare Trends 2013/14 (PDF, 2.8MB)
• PharmaCare Trends 2012/13 (PDF, 2.5MB)
• PharmaCare Trends 2011/12 (PDF, 2.5MB)
• PharmaCare Trends 2010/11 (PDF, 552KB)
• PharmaCare Trends 2009/10 (PDF, 773KB)
• PharmaCare Trends 2007/08 (PDF, 590KB))
• Pharmaceutical Services Division Annual Performance Report 2006 (PDF, 2.0MB)
• PharmaCare Annual Performance Report 2005 (PDF, 1.5MB)

Studies and Reviews

• BC Smoking Cessation Program: Evaluation of the Nicotine Replacement Component (PDF, 278KB)
• ​Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Drug Therapy Review Reports
• Alzheimers' Drug Therapy Review Reports for the Drug Benefit Council (DBC)
• Evaluation reports of the Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia (www.core.ubc.ca):
  • An Overview of Pharmacy Adaptation Services in British Columbia (PDF, 423KB)
  • Pharmacy Adaptation in BC: The Physicians Perspective (PDF, 531KB)
• Report of the Pharmaceutical Task Force—April 2008 (PDF, 3.8MB)
• Activity Based Costing Study Report—January 2007 (PDF, 1.6MB)

Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT)

•  iOAT considerations (PDF)

PharmaNet

• Downloadable Drug Data File
• Low Cost Alternative/Reference Drug Program Data Files
• PharmaNet Compliance Standards
• 2017/18 British Columbia Controlled Prescription Drug Atlas (PDF, 2.4 MB)