Written Answers - Medicinal Products.Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Deputy Brian O’Shea
asked the
Minister for Health and Children
the reason the drug sodium amytal was withdrawn from the market here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Minister for Health and Children (Deputy Mary Harney):
The Irish Medicines Board is the competent authority for the regulation of medicinal products in Ireland. I am advised by the Board that the drug sodium amytal was licenced in 1977. There are a number of different formulations (oral and injection) and doses (50mg, 100mg etc) available. The manufacturer [573]ceased to distribute some formulations in the early 1990s. The licence was not renewed by the manufacturer in 1997 for commercial reasons.
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