Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 3107

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make representations to (a) Daiichi Sankyo and (b) AstraZeneca following the decision by NICE not to recommend Enhertu as a cost effective treatment for advanced stage breast cancer.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Decisions on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England are taken by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), on the basis of an evaluation of a treatment’s costs and benefits. The NICE’...

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