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The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has scheduled the next meeting of the  Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee on Wednesday, January 22 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Elihu M. Harris State Building, conference room 11 on the second floor, 1515 Clay Street in Oakland.The meeting is open to the public.

The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee was established by Assembly Bill No. 1124 (2015) as an advisory body that consults with the DWC Administrative Director on updates to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) drug formulary.

The meeting agenda and related materials are posted on the DWC P&T Committee web page.

DWC welcomes comment from the public on the formulary drug list. All correspondence should be directed to Formulary@dir.ca.gov.

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lonce@adjustercom.com, Lonce Lamonte, journalist and editor, with the DIR Newsline release of January 9, 2020