Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21743

NHS: Drugs

Tabled: 3 January 2025

Answered: 9 January 2025

Question

Sir Ashley Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time has been for a repurposed medicine to be granted an MHRA licence from the point of application in the last two years.

Answer

Karin Smyth

In the last two years, there has been one medicine to date, namely Anastrozole, coming through the Repurposed Medicines Programme, with more information available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/medicines-2/medicines-repurposing-programme...

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