Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 July 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. John Hennessy:

The preliminary stages - the NCPE assessment, the drugs committee assessment and the leadership team - are done. This particular product did not pass the tests set out in the legislation or the criteria that I mentioned. It is at the final stages and a part of this involves an opportunity for the company involved to make representations. Those representations have been received and must be considered fully before the final decision is taken. We are at that point.