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Written question asked by Michael Connarty (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2014. It was answered by George Freeman (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Drugs: Licensing

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent officials in his Department work on the availability of off-patent drugs to be used in new indications.

Answer

These issues are relevant to the responsibilities of a number of officials in the Department and in the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. The amount of official time spent on such issues is not fixed and will vary.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
215052
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Licensing Drugs NHS Staff Department of Health
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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