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Motor Neurone Disease: Aldesleukin

Commons · Question 9535 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Tonia Antoniazzi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making Proleukin available for motor neurone disease patients on the NHS.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 22 Oct 2024

We have made no assessment. It is critical that medicines used in the United Kingdom are safe and effective and as such, medicines cannot be marketed in the UK without a marketing authorisation. These are granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products R...