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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 \u2018off-label\u2019 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>
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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>
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