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Innovative Medicines Fund

Commons · Question 41684 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the entry criteria for the Innovative Medicines Fund and (b) whether these present barriers to patients accessing medicines in areas

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 31 Mar 2025

The Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF) was launched in June 2022, building on the successful Cancer Drugs Fund and supporting patient access to the most promising new medicines while further evidence is collected on their use to address clinical uncertainty....