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Nabiximols: Multiple Sclerosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of regional variation in access to nabiximols for MS-related spasticity since NICE guideline NG144 was published.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of regional variation in access to nabiximols for MS-related spasticity since NICE guideline NG144 was published.
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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11 Sept 2026
Answer published
Nabiximols is the United States Adopted Name for the medication marketed as Sativex (dronabinol/cannabidiol) and licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for symptom improvement in adult patients with moderate to severe spastici...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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