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B-291822 1 (2003-04-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacygt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Il im G A 0Comptroller General - -Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: GlaxoSmithKline File: B-291822 Date: April 7, 2003 Frank M. Rapoport, Esq., Alison L. Doyle, Esq., and David M. Glynn, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, for the protester. Maura C. Brown, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's decision to procure a drug for the treatment of migraine headaches from among four similar drugs solely on the basis of price is reasonable where after a detailed medical review the agency determined that any of these drugs would meet the agency's needs. DECISION GlaxoSmithKline protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 797-NC-03- 0001, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for a triptan, a drug used in the treatment of migraine headaches. Glaxo objects to the RFP terms providing for the award of a contract for a single triptan to be designated on the VA's National Formulary.' We deny the protest. 'A formulary is a list of prescription drugs, grouped by therapeutic class, which a health care organization prefers that its physicians prescribe. Drugs are chosen for a formulary on the basis of their medical value and price. The formulary system seeks to standardize drug use, ensure availability and consistency of the product for nationwide usage, increase the continuity of care, standardize the process for evaluating the safety and efficacy of drugs, and manage cost growth. See Agency Report at 1; Schering Corp., B-286329.3, B-286329.4, Feb. 2, 2001, 2001 CPD ¶ 19 at 2 n.2.

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