Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent by the New Medicines Fund in each year since 2013-14, broken down by medicine.
The new medicines fund has been in operation since 2014-15. The Scottish Government allocated £21.5m to the New Medicines Fund for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 and £85m to the New Medicines Fund for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016, with scope for further allocations of £5 million if required. We do not hold this information broken down by medicine.