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Abiraterone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NICE guidance on abiraterone produced in 2021 was based on abiraterone's cost in generic form.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Oct 2025
Target answer date
21 Oct 2025
Answer
24 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NICE guidance on abiraterone produced in 2021 was based on abiraterone's cost in generic form.

  2. 21 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) published guidance on abiraterone for treating newly diagnosed high-risk hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer, which has the reference code TA721, was developed before the patent for a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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