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65 -- MARKET NOTICE POC Frank Tallent, DPSC, (215) 737-5746. The Department of Defense Pharmacoeconomic Center (PEC) is reviewing information to develop analytic methodologies to evaluate serum glucose monitors and test strips for use in the Military Health Services System Manufacturers of products used for serum blood glucose monitoring are invited to present pharmacoeconomic information to the PEC. This information will assist in developing a model for evaluation of potential product selection for evaluation of potential product selection for the Tri-Service Formulary (TSF). Any product selected for the TSF must be available at all military medical treatment facilities (MTFs) for use by both prescribers and patients. Further, TSF agents must become part of the MTF drug formulary. Presentations on serum blood glucose monitors and test strips will be scheduled for January 6 through February 28, 1997. Please call Ms. Scott at (210) 221-4311, if you would like to schedule a presentation. Types of information being reviewed include head to head studies with competing products, patient compliance data, patient outcome studies, and any unpublished data relevant to the value of your product. The PEC requests that summary information on tables be compiled from all relevant studies of your product and submitted to the PEC at least one week prior to formal presentations. These summary tables should include at a minimum the study citation, study design, number of subjects, and efficacy and compliance versus other products. UP to one hour is the preferred length of a presentation, not more than one hour will be allotted for a presentation. Each manufacturer will be limited to one presentation on serum blood glucose monitors and test strips. For further information, contact Maj. Greg Russie, R.Ph., MS, (210) 221-4311, DoD Pharmacoeconomic Center, 2107 17th Street, Bldg. f4197, Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234-5036. If a solicitation is issued as a result of this review, a separate notice prior to issuance will be published in the Commerce Business Daily. For further information, contact Mr. Frank Tallent, DPSC, at (215) 737-5746. (0002)

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