Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83210

Abiraterone

Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Danny Beales

LabourUxbridge and South Ruislip

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NICE guidance on abiraterone produced in 2021 was based on abiraterone's cost in generic form.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) published guidance on abiraterone for treating newly diagnosed high-risk hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer, which has the reference code TA721, was developed before the patent for a...

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