Limited coverage drugs – aclidinium

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Generic name	aclidinium
Strength & form	400 mcg dry powder for oral inhalation

Special Authority criteria	Approval period
Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) AND Failure after a minimum one-month trial of each of the regular benefit long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonist (LAMA)¹ molecules (i.e., umeclidinium and one of the tiotropium inhalers)	Indefinite

Special Authority criteria

Approval period

Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

AND

Failure after a minimum one-month trial of each of the regular benefit long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonist (LAMA)¹ molecules (i.e., umeclidinium and one of the tiotropium inhalers)

Indefinite

Practitioner exemptions

None

Special notes

¹The regular benefit LAMA products are the following:
- tiotropium inhalation solution
- tiotropium dry powder inhaler
- umeclidinium dry powder inhaler

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