Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 44526

Pregnancy: Diethylstilbestrol

Tabled: 7 April 2025

Answered: 22 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of exposure to Diethylstilbestrol on children of women who took that drug while pregnant.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency continuously assesses the benefit and risk balance of all medicines, at the time of initial licensing and throughout their use in clinical practice, carefully evaluating any emerging evidence on their...

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