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The Access to Medicines and Medical Devices APPG has published a new briefing and meeting overview following its roundtable on Early Access Programmes (EAPs), held on 24 March 2026 in Parliament.

The Access to Medicines and Medical Devices All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) recently convened a meeting of its Expert Advisory Panel to introduce the new Chair of the APPG, Danny Beales MP, and discuss the Group’s priorities for the year ahea

The medicines threshold is the benchmark NICE uses to assess whether a new treatment provides sufficient health benefit relative to its cost to justify routine NHS funding.

The APPG on Access to Medicines and Medical Devices held an Extraordinary General Meeting yesterday, where Danny Beales MP was elected as Chair of the Group.

The Access to Medicines and Medical Devices APPG has written to the Health Minister to highlight ongoing challenges with the Early Access Programme (EAP) for Givinostat, a life-changing treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The Access to Medicines and Medical Devices APPG has written to the Health Minister to raise concerns about ongoing delays in the UK National Screening Committee’s review of newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Access to Medicines and Medical Devices held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, 20 May 2025.