HC Deb 14 April 1993 vol 222 c605W
Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average test period for new drugs granted a licence in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) other EC states.

Dr. Mawhinney

For the period January 1992 to December 1992, the average gross time taken to grant a product licence for new drugs was 17 months.

Comparable statistics for other EC states are not available.