Non-Group Coverage (Group 1) Coverage for Seniors (Group 66) Palliative Coverage (Group 20514, Please note your client may have Group 1 or Group 66 coverage) Child and Family Services (Group 20403) Alberta Child Health Benefit (Group 20400) Children and Youth Services (Group 19824) Income Support (Group 19823) Alberta Human Services (AISH) (Group 19823) Alberta Adult Health Benefit (AAHB) (Group 23609)
"For the treatment of proliferating infantile hemangioma requiring systemic therapy and at least one of the following:
- Life- or function-threatening hemangioma, OR - Ulcerated hemangioma with pain and/or lack of response to simple wound care measures, OR - Hemangioma with a risk of permanent scarring or disfigurement.
Special authorization may be granted for 12 months.
Continued coverage may be approved for a period of 12 months for patients who are responding to therapy or experience relapse of symptoms after treatment discontinuation."
CDR - List with clinical criteria and/or conditions
Indication
INFANTILE HEMANGIOMA
Reviewing Body
Common Drug Review
Submission Completion Date
2016/09/09
CDR Recommendation Date
Expert Committee Recommendation Date
ADBL Effective Date
2018/12/01
CDR Recommendation
Review Status
Special Authorization
PIERRE FABRE DERMO-COSMETIQUE CANADA INC. (PIE)
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