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Bowel Cancer: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 4572 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 4 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) NICE and the (b) MHRA about expediting the licensing and evaluation of the BREAKWATER treatment for advanced bowel cancer in England.

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 4 Jun 2026

Department officials have not had any discussions with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency or the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) about expediting the licensing and evaluation of the BREAKWATER treatment.The BR...