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NHS: Drugs

Commons · Question 69242 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Sep 2025

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Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring NHS England to establish an agreement in principle with pharmaceutical companies that commercial flexibility may be granted for a

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Sep 2025

Indication-specific pricing can support access to treatments, including for rare conditions, by enabling companies to propose a specific price for smaller indications that would otherwise be commercially unviable under a uniform price.In January 2025, fol...