Vol. 3 No. 8 (2023)
Reimbursement Reviews

Vericiguat (Verquvo)

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Published August 30, 2023

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 vericiguat (Verquvo), 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, orally administered, film-coated tablets.
  • Indication: For the treatment of symptomatic chronic heart failure in adult patients with reduced ejection fraction who are stabilized after a recent heart failure decompensation event requiring hospitalization and/or IV diuretic therapy. Verquvo should be used in combination with standard-of-care therapy for heart failure.