A question on #Drugs #Licensing tabled by Kevin McKenna on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Drugs: Licensing
Question ID: 1807388
UIN: 55821
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 5300
Asking Member display name: Kevin McKenna
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Kevin McKenna
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the the approval process of (a) high tariff drugs (b) the use of Obinutuzumab in patients with lupus who have experienced severe infusion reactions with rituximab.
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Date answered: 2025-06-06
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Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that makes recommendations on whether new licensed medicines, including high cost medicines, should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England, based o...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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