{"value":{"id":1542091,"askingMemberId":2510,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-11-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-11-28T00:00:00","uin":"HL3404","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government why, given that Evusheld has been approved for private prescription, it has not yet been approved for prescription on the NHS.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4948,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-11-28T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government has decided not to procure Evusheld for prevention through emergency routes at this time. This is based on independent clinical advice by the multi-agency RAPID C-19 and a United Kingdom national expert policy working group, which concluded that there is insufficient evidence of benefit to recommend deployment.</p><p> </p><p>While the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency gave a Conditional Marketing Authorisation to Evusheld in March 2022, it did so noting that there a lack of data on its response to the Omicron variant. AstraZeneca has made Evusheld available privately in the UK, which is a matter for individual patients and their healthcare providers. It is distinct from any Government consideration of its use within the National Health Service.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Tixagevimab/cilgavimab","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1542091","method":"GET"}]}