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Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages

Commons · Question 38463 · Tabled 14 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Mar 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will convene a stakeholder roundtable to help tackle the shortage of Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy medication with (a) manufacturers, (b) patient advocacy groups and (c) other relevan

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 21 Mar 2025

There are no current plans to convene such a roundtable. The Department is in regular discussion with the suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) on the latest stock availability and the actions that are being taken to mitigate the suppl...