HC Deb 22 November 1978 vol 958 c639W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied that there has been no overcharging for purchases made by the National Health Service, in the light of an agreement made by a British drug manufacturer to pay the United States Government in partial settlement of a case started eight years ago for allegedly overcharging for the sale of Ampicillin.

Mr. Moyle

The prices of medicines supplied to the NHS are controlled under the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme and are not related to those in the United States of America. The total sales, costs, profit and capital employed in supplying medicines to the United Kingdom are taken into account and annual financial returns under the scheme show that the profit earned by the company in supplying medicines in the United Kingdom is no more than is reasonable.