§ Tony WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether she supported the move by the United States Government for a compulsory494W licence to negotiate a lower price for the anti-anthrax drug, Cipro, at the World Trade Organisation meeting. [16072]
§ Ms HewittI have been asked to reply.
The negotiations between the United States Government and the manufacturers of Cipro were private matters for the parties involved. In this instance, the United States Government reached an agreement with the manufacturer of Cipro for a bulk supply of this anti-anthrax drug at reduced prices without resort to a compulsory licence.