§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if his Department has any part to play in coordinating the research efforts of pharmaceutical companies operating in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. NewtonIndividual companies decide their own research programmes in the light of their areas of special interest and their commercial judgments. We include a significant element of support for research and development in the prices paid for medicines by the National Health Service, but do not seek to interfere in the decisions by companies operating in the United Kingdom which have an excellent record in medicines discovery and development.