Antisense Clinical Trials

Our Ref: FOI 11/196

Dear Miss Nina Savania,

RE: REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

Thank you for your enquiry which we received on 26th April.

I confirm that your request is being handled under the Freedom of
Information Act and you should receive a reply within 20 working days
from our date of receipt.

If you need to contact us again about this request, please quote the
reference number above.

Yours Sincerely

Central Enquiry Point
Information Services
MHRA
Tel: 020 3080 6000

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Dear Miss Savania

Thank you for your email dated 25th April where you requested information
about antisense clinical trials.

From our preliminary assessment, it is clear that the term "antisense
clinical trial" is not one that is used in our electronic database. We
are, therefore, unable to search the database to identify any trials of
this type.

Section 12 of the Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse
requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed
the appropriate limit, which for central government is set at £600.
This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 24 working hours
in determining whether the department holds the information, locating,
retrieving and extracting the information. Since we receive 1,000 to 2,000
clinical trials applications annually and to search for the term you have
requested would involve searching within each individual case, we estimate
that it will take us in excess of 24 working hours to determine
appropriate material and locate, retrieve and extract the information in
reference to your request. Therefore, your request will not be processed
further.

You may wish to provide us with more information so that we can find a way
of interrogating our database to retrieve the information you have
requested in the time allowed.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within 2 months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to: Communications Directorate,
5th Floor, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, quoting
reference FOI 11/196.

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communications.

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the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF

Yours sincerely,
Medical Writer
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