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 somatrogon (Ngenla), 24 mg/1.2 mL (20 mg/mL) as a pre-filled pen or 60 mg/1.2 mL (50 mg/mL) as a pre-filled pen for SC injection.
- Indication: The long-term treatment of pediatric patients who have growth failure due to an inadequate secretion of endogenous growth hormone (growth hormone deficiency).