Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85703

Diabetes: Eyesight

Tabled: 28 October 2025

Answered: 3 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure more widespread availability of the drug 2-HDP.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

We are pleased to see promising results from the Queen's University Belfast study into the novel drug known as 2-Hydrazino-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine (2-HDP). This demonstrates the strength of the United Kingdom’s clinical research environment and the importa...

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