Formulary Management Resource Center
The ASHP Formulary Management Resource Center provides practitioners with essential clinical and operational guidance for formulary management and recommends effective processes for managing system formularies within hospital and health system contexts. The resource center supports organizations with P&T committee operations, medication evaluation, rational use strategies, and implementation of formulary-based medication optimization initiatives.
The ASHP Biosimilars Resource Center complements these efforts by providing pharmacists and healthcare practitioners with meaningful information and resources to understand biosimilars, their economic implications, and implementation strategies across therapeutic areas and diverse practice settings.
Resources
Explore essential formulary management policies, guidelines, toolkits, podcasts, and webinars to support evidence-based medication use and optimization.
Guidelines
- ASHP Guidelines on the Evaluation of Off-Label Medication Use in the Inpatient Setting – AJHP 2025
- Formulary management guiding principles for automated systems – AJHP 2022
- ASHP Guidelines on the Safe Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets – AJHP 2022
- ASHP Guidelines on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and the Formulary System – AJHP 2021
- ASHP Guidelines on Medication-Use Evaluation – AJHP 2021
Policies
- ASHP Policy Position on Medication Formulary System Management - 2016
- ASHP Policy Position on Biosimilar Medications - 2307
- ASHP Policy Position on Cellular and Gene Therapies - 2510
- ASHP Policy Position on Removal of Injectable Promethazine from Hospital Formularies - 2328
- ASHP Policy on Safe and Effective Therapeutic Use of Invertebrates - 2212
Toolkits
Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) (also see Guidelines)
- How to Design a Medication Use Evaluation
- Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) Preparation Steps
- Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) Slide Template
Drug Monographs
Checklists
Podcasts
- ASHP Guidelines Spotlight: Evaluating Off-Label Medication Use in Hospitals
- High-Cost Medication Stewardship: Perspectives from an Academic Medical Center
- High-Cost Medication Stewardship: Perspectives from Oncology Services
- Incorporating Pharmacoequity into Formulary Management
- Best Practice in Formulary Management: Integrating Biosimilars Into Your IT Systems
- Best Practice in Formulary Management: Keeping Patients Safe From White Bagging
- Best Practices in Formulary Management Unique Strategies for Biosimilar Adoption
- Best Practice in Formulary Management: Biosimilar Reimbursement Challenges