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Rare Diseases: Drugs

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 201199, tabled on 11 December 2018

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many rare disease treatments appraised through the Single Technology Appraisal process have been approved by NICE.

Answered on

17 December 2018

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has advised that it has published 48 technology appraisals of orphan medicines of which it has recommended 75% for some or all of the eligible patient population.

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