Written answers
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Department of Health
Drug Trials
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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660. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the National Centre for Pharmaco-economics in relation to the full Health Technology Assessment being carried out on the new drug Orkambi for cystic fibrosis sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9528/16]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) commenced its Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of Orkambi on 14 March, and hopes to be in a position to issue its recommendation on the drug in June.
A summary of the HTA report will be published on the NCPE website.
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