§ Mr. BellottiTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration the Medicines Control Agency is giving to licensing the process made available to the Scottish national blood transfusion service to produce a higher potency factor VIII for the rest of the commercial plasma fractionation/supply industry in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythMatters relating to the Medicines Control Agency are for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health.
An application for a licence for the production of higher potency factor VIII has not yet been submitted to the agency by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, but it will do so soon. The intention is to produce a supply to meet the needs of Scottish patients.