Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 18 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 108 members in total.

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INSULIN TREATMENTS

That this House congratulates Wockhardt Pharmaceuticals on the expansion of production facilities for animal insulins to cope with increased demand as a result of Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical's discontinuation of their pork insulin and thanks the Minister of State, the hon. Member for Leigh, for his Department's role in ensuring that animal insulins continue to be available for those people who need them, but regrets that Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals has begun a systematic discontinuation of their synthetic `human' insulin products in favour of insulin analogues, further reducing patient and physician choice; expresses grave reservations that many patients are being transferred to insulin analogues before their long-term safety has been established and before studies recommended by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medical Products have been carried out to investigate the potential for carcinogenic effects of insulin analogues; and therefore requests that the Secretary of State for Health asks the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to assess the safety, clinical and cost effectiveness of all insulins to provide patients and clinicians with the necessary information to make informed treatment choices.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

535 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Andrew George

Steve Webb

Philip Dunne

Stephen Williams

Adrian Sanders

Subjects

Animal products Insulin Wockhardt

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk