<P> As in the United States, the NHS actively encourages generic prescribing, in order to save more of the budget allocated to them by the Department of Health . </P> <P> A national formulary contains a list of medicines that are approved for prescription throughout the country, indicating which products are interchangeable . It includes key information on the composition, description, selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines . Those drugs considered less suitable for prescribing are clearly identified . </P> <P> Examples of national formularies are: </P> <Ul> <Li> Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary </Li> <Li> British National Formulary </Li> <Li> British National Formulary for Children </Li> <Li> Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas, the Dutch national formulary </Li> <Li> Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission </Li> <Li> Kazakhstan National Formulary </Li> <Li> Sri Lankan Formulary </Li> <Li> United States National Formulary, since bought out and merged with the United States Pharmacopeia </Li> <Li> FASS is the Swedish national formulary, the abbreviation standing for Farmaceutiska Specialiteter i Sverige . Usage of the database is free of charge and it has no promotional texts or advertising . Fass has been developed by the Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (LIF) in close cooperation with Sweden's pharmaceutical industry, with additional assistance from the Medical Products Agency, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Board and the National Corporation of Pharmacies . Information on interactions is derived from a joint development between the Departmentof Pharmaceutical Biosciences at Uppsala University and the Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (LIF). </Li> </Ul>

Who approves a change in an institutions formulary