Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25099
Drugs: Gender
Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 24 January 2025
Question
Graeme Downie
Labour — Dunfermline and Dollar
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what testing requirements are in place in the approval process to identify the different impacts of medicines on men and women.
Answer
Karin SmythAs part of the approval process for new drugs, the impact of sex, on men versus women, is assessed on pharmacokinetics, or exposure, pharmacodynamics, and overall efficacy and safety. The data is assessed in terms of whether any dose adjustments are warra...
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