Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93368

Cancer: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 21 November 2025

Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

Steve Barclay

Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is being done to improve the regulatory approval process for personalised medicines to treat cancer.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has completed a public consultation on its draft guideline on individualised mRNA cancer immunotherapies, a new type of personalised cancer treatment. These technologies use cutting-edge scien...

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