Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay on 2014-05-07.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to using the purchasing power of the National Health Service as a major customer of AstraZeneca and Pfizer to ensure that Pfizer honours any undertakings given in the event of a successful takeover of AstraZeneca.

Earl Howe

Both companies supply the National Health Service with vital medicines that are used to treat millions of patients each year. It is for clinicians to make prescribing decisions based on their patient’s individual clinical circumstances and our priority is to ensure that patients continue to get the medicines they need.