Question follow-through · 104133

Tofersen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure tofersen can be administered to MND patients under the early access programme.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
12 Jan 2026
Answer
19 Jan 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure tofersen can be administered to MND patients under the early access programme.

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Companies may put in place Early Access Programmes (EAPs) to allow early access to new medicines which have been licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, but which do not yet have National Institute for Health and Care Excellen...

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