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Bacteriophages

Commons · Question 44136 · Tabled 3 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a magistral phage model to allow UK phages to be produced without requiring GMP licensing.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 9 Apr 2025

In its March 2024 response to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee’s report on bacteriophages, the Government acknowledged the challenges in manufacturing phage materials in the United Kingdom, including the requirement to meet Good Manufactur...