Virendra Sharma – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2015 to Question 16399, whether the Accelerated Access Review team has provided any information on how biosimilar medicines fit into its work stream.

George Freeman

In accordance with the terms of reference the Accelerated Access Review is not excluding any particular type or class of medicine, but is creating a framework through which to accelerate access for National Health Service patients to innovative health technologies including biosimilar medicines where appropriate.