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Abiraterone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS plans to fund abiraterone for patients with high-risk non-metastatic prostate cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 May 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS plans to fund abiraterone for patients with high-risk non-metastatic prostate cancer.

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has had no such discussions. Abiraterone does not have a marketing authorisation for use in the treatment of high-risk, non-metastatic prostate cancer and has not been evaluated for that indication by the National Institute for Health and C...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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