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Written question asked by Naomi Long (Alliance) on Friday, 12 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 December 2014. It was answered by George Freeman (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 December 2014 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Drugs: Licensing

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breast cancer clinicians he spoke to directly when developing his policy on the Off-patent Drugs Bill.

Answer

In developing our response to the Bill, we have taken advice from a number of cancer clinicians including breast cancer specialists and from officials at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and taken account of views expressed by other stakeholder organisations.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
218546
Session
2014-15
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Breast cancer Licensing Drugs
Legislation
Off-patent Drugs Bill 2014-15
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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