Armed Forces: Drugs

(asked on 15th November 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's spend on each of the following pharmaceuticals for service personnel (a) Cerezyme Infusion 400u VL, (b) Chenodeoxycholic Acid Capsules 250mg, (c) Orfadin Capsules 10mg, (d) Kalydeco Tablets 150mg, (e) Sovaldi Tablets 400mg, (f) Trientine Dihydroch Capsules 300mg, (g) Glivec Tablets 400mg, (h) Imatinib Tablets Mesil tablets 400mg, (I) Glivec Tablets 100mg and (j) Stelara Injection 45mg/0.5ml.


Answered by
Stuart Andrew Portrait
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 22nd November 2018

During the last four financial years (2014-15 to 2017-18) the Ministry of Defence purchased Glivec Tablets 400mg and Stelara Injection 45mg/0.5ml at a cost of £3,208 and £2,147 respectively.

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