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Title

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

Drugs: Premarin

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

20-08-2001

Source

Senate

Parl No.

39

Electorate

Queensland

Interjector

 

Page

26198

Party

AD

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

3581

Questioner

Bartlett, Sen Andrew

Responder

Vanstone, Sen Amanda

Speaker

 

Stage

Drugs: Premarin

Type

 

Context

Answers to Questions on Notice

System Id

chamber/hansards/2001-08-20/0199


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Monday, 20 August 2001
Page: 26198


Senator Bartlett asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, upon notice, on 11 May 2001:

(1) Is the pharmaceutical Premarin manufactured in Australia, or are there plans to do so.

(2) If Premarin is manufactured in Australia: (a) where is it manufactured; (b) what companies are involved; (c) how many mares are used in each Premarin operation; (d) how is the urine collected; and (e) what happens to the foals that are born.


Senator Vanstone (Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women) —The Minister for Health and Aged Care has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) No. The pharmaceutical product Premarin is not manufactured in Australia.