Medical Treatments: Innovation
Commons · Question 66426 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered providing (a) funding and (b) other support to NHS Trusts to participate in early access programmes for (i) Givinostat for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and (ii)
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 15 Jul 2025
The Department understands the importance of rapid patient access to new medicines for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and has worked with NHS England to consider the issues raised by the givinostat early access programme. The first National In...