HC Deb 15 February 1983 vol 37 cc131-2W
Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services on how many occasions the Committee on Safety of Medicines has been provided with or requested clinical trials which include elderly people.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

This information is not recorded. Clinical trials reported in applications for product licences will often include some elderly patients.

Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what approximate time scale is envisaged for the consideration by the Committee on Safety of Medicines of the problems ensuing from conducting clinical trials on the elderly, announced by the Minister for Health on 27 January; and with what organisations and individuals the committee will consult.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The Committee on Safety of Medicines has advised the licensing authority on the problem of the use of drugs in the elderly and the licensing authority is now consulting the following organisations on this matter. Comments have been requested within two months.

  • The Association of Anaesthetists Great Britain and Ireland
  • The British Medical Association
  • The Royal College of General Practitioners
  • The Royal College of Pathologists
  • The Royal College of Physicians
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  • The Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
  • The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow
  • The Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • The British Medical Association Edinburgh
  • The British Medical Association Belfast
  • The Association of Professors of Clinical Pharmacology
  • The Medical Research Council
  • The National Pharmaceutical Association Limited
  • The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
  • The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
  • The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Scottish Department)
  • The British Pharmacological Society
  • The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
  • The Association of Manufacturers of Medicinal Preparations
  • The Company Chemist Association Limited
  • Proprietary Association of Great Britain
  • The British Institute of Regulatory Affairs
  • The Consumer Association
  • The Patients Association
  • The British Geriatric Society