Received
Decided 29 May 2023
Refused
Request Reference FOI-0094-2023
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Health

All briefings received by the Minister for Health and Office of the Chief Medical Officers in regard to the safety and licensing of the medication sodium valproate/Epilim. The briefings would date from 1 October 2013–when the first EMA review of valproate medicines commenced – to 4 April 2023. Minutes of meetings of the national drugs advisory board that led to positive decisions regarding the licensing/authorisation of sodium valproate and Epilim during the 1970s and 1980s. during the 1970s and 1980s.