Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 28009

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025

Question

Chris Evans

Labour (Co-op)Caerphilly

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made by the (a) Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and (b) the Commission on Human Medicines to (i) understand the (A) current and (B) historic risks

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), taking advice from the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM), has worked to raise awareness among healthcare professionals and patients of the risks of valproate when taken during pregnancy thr...

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