§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the drugs in the British National Formulary containing chlorofluorocarbons.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis information is not available in the form requested but records held by the Medicines Control Agency show there are 119 products containing chlorofluorocarbons, licensed under the Medicines Act for human use at present. A small number, which are listed, contain chlorofluorocarbons as active ingredients including inhalational and anaesthetic agents.
The remainder of the licensed products (104) contain chlorofluorocarbons used as excipients usually in the form of a propellant.
It is not normal practice to disclose excipients since to do so could prejudice companies' commercially sensitive information which they are required to provide to obtain a product licence.
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