Written answers

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Department of Health

Medical Card Drugs

Photo of Sandra McLellanSandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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114. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on including the multiple sclerosis drug Frampidine in the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43048/15]

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The Health Service Executive added Fampridine (brand name Fampyra®) to its List of Reimbursable Items on 1 October 2015.

Reimbursement will be extended, under the Long Term Illness Scheme, where a demonstration of clinical response (based on objective criteria agreed with clinical experts) is recorded and where that clinical response is shown to persist, based on objective measurement at six-month intervals.

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