Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 69181

Drugs: Prices

Tabled: 18 July 2025

Answered: 12 August 2025

Question

Sadik Al-Hassan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Action 28 (i) of the Life Sciences Sector Plan, published on 16 July 2025, what criteria his Department plans to use to identify which medicines have a large number of indications

Answer

Karin Smyth

The criteria will be developed alongside the new proportionate approach to indication-specific pricing arrangements.