HC Deb 21 March 1989 vol 149 cc581-2W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any limits are placed on the inducements given to doctors by drug companies to persuade them to prescribe particular drugs for their patients.

Mr. Mellor

The pharmaceutical price regulation scheme explicitly excludes gifts and hospitality other than that provided for medical symposia from the costs accepted in the price of NHS medicines.

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