§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the total number of medicines 686W which have had their licences of right withdrawn during the past six years; and which specific medicines this applied to.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 29 November 1985, c. 751]I regret the information is not available in the precise form requested. Medicines placed on the United Kingdom market require a licence granted under the Medicines Act 1968 and such licences may be revoked or not renewed in various circumstances including cases where the licence holder asks for cancellation or does not seek renewal of a licence. In the last six years, 5,185 product licences of right have been cancelled and 47 revoked.
Details of the medicinal products whose products licences of right have been revoked in that period have been placed in the Library.