Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 17 December 2018.
Anne Marie Morris
Conservative, Newton Abbot
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.
Steve Brine
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
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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