Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 34502

Glioblastoma: Research

Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Jonathan Davies

LabourMid Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of patent lengths on research into treatments for glioblastoma.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Intellectual property rights in the United Kingdom are not condition specific. The Government considers the UK’s current patent system to strike the right balance between incentivising research and innovation and supporting access to medicines for the Nat...

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