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Written question asked by Diana Organ (Labour) on Thursday, 3 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 April 2003. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Monday, 28 April 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many suppliers of recombinant clotting factor for haemophilia patients there are in the UK. - Includes figures.
Answer

Diana Organ: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many suppliers of recombinant clotting factor for haemophilia patients there are in the UK. [107961] Ms Blears: There are five global companies which supply recombinant clotting factor products to the national health service in England. The companies are Bayer PLC, Wyeth/Genetics Institute, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Novo Nordisk Limited and Aventis Behring.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
107961; 404 c272W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Haemophilia Procurement Blood transfusion services Factor VIII
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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