New Releases from NCBI BookshelfRemdesivir (Veklury): Indication: For the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 in nonhospitalized adults and pediatric patients (weighing at least 40 kg) with positive results of direct severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viral testing, and who are at high-risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization and death: CADTH Reimbursement Recommendation [Internet].​Remdesivir (Veklury): Indication: For the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 in nonhospitalized adults and pediatric patients (weighing at least 40 kg) with positive results of direct severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viral testing, and who are at high-risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization and death: CADTH Reimbursement Recommendation [Internet].

CADTH recommends that Veklury be reimbursed by public drug plans for the treatment of COVID-19 in adults who are not hospitalized and have positive results of direct severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral testing and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization and death, if certain conditions are met.

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