HC Deb 22 February 2000 vol 344 cc907-8W
Mr. Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many drug companies supply the NHS; and if he will list the major suppliers. [110555]

Ms Stuart

In 1998 approximately 700 companies supplied the National Health Service with proprietary medicines. This figure for all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England is based on statistics from the Prescription Cost Analysis system.

The 40 major companies supplying the NHS with branded medicines (defined as those with NHS sales of £20 million or more in 1998) are listed.

  • 3M Health Care Ltd.
  • Abbott Laboratories Ltd.
  • Astra Pharmaceuticals
  • Baxter Healthcare Ltd.
  • Bayer plc
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd.
  • Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
  • Du Pont Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
  • Eli Lilly and Company Ltd.
  • Glaxo Wellcome
  • Hoechst Marion Roussel
  • Janssen Cilag Ltd.
  • Knoll Ltd.
  • Leo Laboratories Ltd.
  • Lorex Synthelabo Ltd.
  • Lundbeck Ltd.
  • Medeva Pharma Ltd.
  • Merck Sharpe & Dohme Ltd
    • 908W
  • Napp Pharmaceuticals Group
  • Norton Healthcare
  • Novartis Pharmaceuticals Group
  • Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
  • Organon Laboratories Ltd.
  • Pasteur Merieux Ltd.
  • Pfizer Ltd.
  • Pharmacia and Upjohn Ltd.
  • Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals
  • Reckitt and Colman Products Ltd.
  • Rhone Poulenc Rorer Ltd.
  • Roche Products Ltd.
  • Sanofi Winthrop Ltd.
  • Schering Health Care Ltd.
  • Schering-Plough Ltd.
  • Searle
  • Servier Laboratories Ltd.
  • SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals
  • Solvay Healthcare Ltd.
  • Warner Lambert
  • Wyeth
  • Zeneca Pharmaceuticals.

We do not hold central information on suppliers of generic medicines in the UK in the same way as for branded medicines. Based on published accounts, the major suppliers of generic medicines in the UK (defined as those with sales in the UK of £20 million or more in 1998 (unless otherwise stated) are listed.

  • Norton Healthcare (based on sales figures for 1997)
  • Generics (UK) Ltd.
  • Cox Pharmaceuticals
  • APS Berk Pharmaceutical
  • CP Pharmaceuticals (based on 12 month sales to end June 1998)
  • Lagap Pharmaceuticals Ltd.