§ Dame Jill KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what trials the drug RU486 has undergone; and for how long a period.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyMifepristone (RU486) has been used by over 100,000 women worldwide and by more than 80,000 women in France.
Permission to perform clinical trials in the United Kingdom under the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Clinical Trials) Order 1981, S.I. No. 164, was granted in December 1986. These trials have been carried out in 15 centres, with approximately 1,500 women taking part.