Written answers
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Department of Health
Medicinal Products Reimbursement
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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409. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 22 October 2019, if osimertinib for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFRT790M mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer will be made available from 1 January 2020; if the HSE senior leadership team has discussed the reimbursement of the drug for adult patients with same subsequent to its decision of 9 July 2019 that it was minded to approve the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47536/19]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Health Service Executive has operational responsibility for medicines expenditure, thus the matter has been referred to the HSE for their attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
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