HC Deb 02 April 1996 vol 275 c186W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 8 February,Official Report, columns 345–46, if he will list the occasions during 1995 on which (a) the Licensing Authority, (b) the Medicines Control Agency and (c) the Committee on Safety of Medicines have taken legal action with respect to matters relating to the Medicines Act 1968; and how many injunctions have been sought relating to material relating to the efficacy or safety of medicines. [23276]

Mr. Malone

The Medicines Control Agency, acting on behalf of the Licensing Authority, instigated legal proceedings in the criminal courts in respect of 35 cases in 1995 relating to enforcement of the Medicines Act 1968. No injunctions in respect of material relating to the efficacy or safety of medicines were sought during this period.

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