Orkambi and Symkevi

Part of 5. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 3:01 pm on 6 November 2019.

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Photo of Jack Sargeant Jack Sargeant Labour 3:01, 6 November 2019

Thank you for that, Minister. As you are aware, I have constituents who are now travelling across the border to Liverpool and Manchester for treatment. They will be in the same building as England patients who can access this medicine. Minister, can you assure me that negotiations in the conversations you are having with Vertex are ongoing and are positive so that my constituents and the people of Wales can access these medicines as soon as possible? And, finally, Minister, have you also given any consideration to introducing an interim patient access scheme, as was the case in NHS Scotland, while the agreement was being reached on access to these two very important medicines?