Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30888

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025

Question

Lee Pitcher

LabourDoncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the supply of Creon; and what support his Department is providing to patients who are not able to use alternative medicines.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department continues to engage with suppliers of Creon and other pancreatic enzyme replacement therapies (PERT) to boost production to mitigate the supply issue. The supplier of Creon expects to receive increased quantities for 2025. Suppliers of alte...

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