Haemophilia Drugs (Hansard, 8 January 2002)

§ Mrs. Lawrence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what figures he has collated on the price paid in(a) the UK, (b) each other EU country, (c) the USA and (d) Japan for rcFVIII for the treatment of haemophiliacs. [22326]

§ Yvette Cooper
The current average price for a unit of Recombinant Factor 8 in England is approximately 58 pence, including value added tax. The approximate number of units used in the UK is estimated to be 110 million.
Information is not available regarding other European Union countries, the United States of America or Japan.

§ Mrs. Lawrence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many overseas patients in the UK(a) under and (b) over 16 years of age are being treated with rcFVIII products. [22276]

§ Yvette Cooper
The information requested is not collected centrally.