Vol. 1 No. 10 (2021)
Reimbursement Reviews

Budesonide (Jorveza)

Published October 14, 2021

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 budesonide orodispersible tablets (Jorveza), 0.5 mg and 1 mg, oral.
  • Indication: Induction and maintenance of clinico-pathological remission in adults with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).