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Prescription Drugs

Commons · Question 129571 · Tabled 23 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NICE plans to develop a new product for off-patent medicine reappraisals.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 29 Apr 2026

As the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) moves towards a whole life-cycle approach to producing guidance, it is considering whether its methods and processes for reviewing guidance on off-patent medicines need to change. NICE’s whol...