Health written question – answered at on 2 July 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government has (a) taken and (b) plans to take to amend legislation following the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's report of its investigation into GlaxoSmithKline and the anti-depressant drug Seroxat.
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Copies of consultation (MLX 350) have been placed in the Library and are also available on MHRA's website at:
www.mhra.gov.uk/Publications/Consultations/Medicinesconsultations/MLXs/CON017761.
The consultation closes on
In addition, the European Commission is currently formulating proposals to strengthen the EU system for monitoring the safety of medicines. The MHRA has proposed that the EC take this opportunity to introduce a number of additional changes in the light of the investigation into GlaxoSmithKline. We expect European proposals to be published later this year.
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