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Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

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

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
5 Feb 2025
Answer
12 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 5 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    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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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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