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Givinostat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of approving Givinostat for use to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in (a) Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust and (b) other NHS trusts.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 25 Feb 2025
Answer: 25 Feb 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of approving Givinostat for use to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in (a) Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust and (b) other NHS trusts.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS independently based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. Th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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