Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review

(asked on 22nd July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the recommendations outlined in the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 1st September 2020

The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review published its report on the 8 July and all of its recommendations will be considered carefully. The Government will provide an update in due course.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is working with stakeholders to improve compliance with the valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme which aims to rapidly reduce and eventually eliminate pregnancies exposed to valproate. The MHRA is also working on developing a valproate registry, the main aims of which would be to monitor the use of valproate in girls and women in the United Kingdom and compliance with the current regulatory position, and to identify and monitor any children born to women on valproate.

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