New Brunswick

New Brunswick Drugs for Rare Diseases Plan

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The New Brunswick Drugs for Rare Diseases Plan can help you with the cost of certain drugs for specific rare diseases. You must be a permanent resident in New Brunswick and have a Medicare card.

The Plan will consider requests for coverage of the following drugs for specific rare diseases:

  • Aldurazyme (laronidase) for the treatment of Hurler and Hurler-Scheie forms of Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I)
  • Elaprase (idursulfase) for the treatment of Hunter's Syndrome
  • Ilaris (canakinumab) for the treatment of Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome (CAPS) - Muckle-Wells Syndrome (MWS) and Neonatal-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID) only
  • Myozyme (alglucosidase alfa) for infantile/early and adult/late onset Pompe disease
  • Naglazyme (galsulfase) for the treatment of Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI)
  • Zavesca (miglustat) for the treatment of Niemann Pick Type C (NPC)

No additional drugs will be added to the NBDRD Plan.

You may be able to get help with the cost of certain drugs for specific rare diseases if meet these criteria:

  • You must be a permanent resident of New Brunswick.
  • You must have a valid Medicare card.
  • Your doctor must complete a request form for the listed drug.
  • You must meet clinical criteria for the drug requested.

To apply for the New Brunswick Drugs for Rare Disease Plan you need to request a form by calling 1-800-332-3692. Your doctor must complete the request form for the listed drug requested.

Last updated: May 27, 2021