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<p>Off-patent drugs are those whose patent period has expired and they are widely
used in the National Health Service now. Drugs can also be prescribed ‘off-label’
outside of their licensed indication(s) to individual patients where doctors consider
it is clinically appropriate to do so. Prescribing decisions are rightly a matter
for clinicians in discussion with their patients.</p><p> </p><p><br> We are in the
process of setting up a round-table discussion with key stakeholders, including NHS
England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to explore opportunities
for supporting appropriate use of off-label drugs outside their licensed indications
where the evidence supports this.</p><p> </p>
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