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Alzheimer's Disease: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the decision by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on 22 August 2024 to licence lecanemab for patients with early stage Alzheimer's disease, what discussions
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the decision by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on 22 August 2024 to licence lecanemab for patients with early stage Alzheimer's disease, what discussions
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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9 Sept 2024
Answer published
Department officials have had a number of conversations with colleagues in NHS England about their plans to support the adoption of any licensed and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.The...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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