Question follow-through · 23688
Motor Neurone Disease: Aldesleukin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the timely publication of the final results of the Mirocals trial for motor neurone disease; and what steps his Department plans to take to ensure rapi
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the timely publication of the final results of the Mirocals trial for motor neurone disease; and what steps his Department plans to take to ensure rapi
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department funds research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is not a direct funder of the Modifying Immune Response and Outcomes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (MIROCALS) trial. It was funded by the European Un...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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