Three Parliamentary Replies That Demonstrate Why Primodos Victims Are Still Being Denied Justice. Once again the Government continue to support a scientific report produced by the Department which is historically responsible for keeping Primodos on the Market. The first duty of Government is to protect its citizens- not the pharmaceutical industry.It’s Shameful.
Lord Markham, the Department of Health and Social Care, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2293):
Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool :
To ask His Majesty’s Government, further to their issuing of an apology to Primodos victims in 2017, what plans they have to support those victims to seek justice through the courts. (HL2293)
Tabled on: 08 September 2022
Answer:
Lord Markham:
The Government has no plans to do so.
Date and time of answer: 13 Oct 2022 at 12:15.
Lord Markham, the Department of Health and Social Care, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2291):
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Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they are supporting the pharmaceutical company Bayer in seeking to strike down an attempt by victims of Primodos to have their case heard; if so, why; and whether they will seek to establish an independent mediation process to ascertain whether there is a causal link between Primodos and birth defects. (HL2291)
Tabled on: 08 September 2022
Answer:
Lord Markham:
The Department is, with others, defending court proceedings which were issued in December 2019 by claimants who contend that hormone pregnancy tests (HPTs), such as Primodos, caused birth defects.
The Department has made an application to strike out the claim by individuals which allege that HPTs caused them harm, which is due to be heard in May 2023. The scientific evidence has been reviewed on a number of occasions and most recently by the Commission on Human Medicines Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests. The Expert Working Group concluded that the available scientific evidence did not support a causal association. It is therefore not considered appropriate to establish an independent mediation process.
Date and time of answer: 13 Oct 2022 at 13:20.
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Lord Markham, the Department of Health and Social Care, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2292):
Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool :
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they will publish all the documents they hold relating to victims of Primodos. (HL2292)
Tabled on: 08 September 2022
Answer:
Lord Markham:
All documents relating to hormone pregnancy tests, such as Primodos, other than those subject to legal privilege, have been published in an online only format at GOV.UK.
Date and time of answer: 13 Oct 2022 at 12:47.
