Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant (Ozurdex)

Key Messages

• CADTH reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class.
• The assessments inform non-binding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the exception of Quebec.
• This review assesses Dexamethasone (Ozurdex) 0.7 mg intravitreal implant.
• Indication: For the treatment of adult patients with diabetic macular edema who are pseudophakic.