Patent Protection For Pharmaceutical Innovations

EDM number 748 in 1989-90, proposed by Simon Coombs on 16/03/1990.

That this House notes that the British pharmaceutical industry achieved a record level of over ú2 billion worth of exports in 1989, showing a balance of payments surplus of ú955 million; and, in the interests of further improving the United Kingdom balance of payments and improving competitiveness with the United States of America and Japan, urges Her Majesty's Government to support European Commission proposals to restore patent protection for new pharmaceutical innovations which has been eroded by both increasing research and development times, and regulatory authority requirements in granting product licences.

This motion has been ammended, see 1397A1.

This motion has been signed by a total of 67 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.