Question follow-through · 10377
Vitiligo: Ruxolitinib
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's decision not to recommend Ruxolitinib for use within NHS England for the treatment of vitiligo.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's decision not to recommend Ruxolitinib for use within NHS England for the treatment of vitiligo.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing guidance for the National Health Service on whether ruxolitinib should be routinely funded by the NHS, based on an assessment of its costs and benefits.The NICE was unfor...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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