§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will promote research to enable a comparison to be made of(a) mortality and (b) diabetic complication rates from using (i) animal and (ii) human insulin. [141159]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonI am not aware of any past or current research comparing clinical outcomes, mortality and complications, from treatment with animal or human insulin. It was not a topic which was raised in the public consultation exercise that was organised for the joint Department of Health and Medical Research Council's review of current and future research on diabetes in 2002.