SAFETY OF MEDICINES

Early day motion 29, tabled 18 November 2009 by Bob Spink (Independent). Signed by 87 members.

That this House believes that the safety of medicines should be established by the most reliable methods available in order to reduce the large and increasing toll of serious adverse drug reactions; and calls on the Government to initiate an unprecedented comparison of currently required animal tests with a set of human biology-based tests, to see which is the most effective means to predict the safety of medicines for patients.

Signatures by party: Labour 46, Liberal Democrat 23, Conservative 7, Independent 3, DUP 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Respect 1, Scottish National Party 1.