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<p>We support appropriate use of off-patent medicines in areas where the evidence
suggests that they can deliver patient benefit. Doctors can already prescribe a drug
outside its licensed indications where they judge it to be the most clinically appropriate
treatment for an individual patient. Medicines are routinely prescribed legally, safely
and appropriately outside their licensed indications to large numbers of National
Health Service patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of setting
up a round-table discussion with key stakeholders, NHS England and the National Institute
for Health and Care Excellence to review the evidence and explore opportunities to
work together to better support appropriate use of these medicines.</p><p> </p>
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