Primodos
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will (a) review evidence on the health impacts of Primodos and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a financial redress scheme for people affected by Primodos.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne
We are hugely sympathetic to the families who believe that they have suffered because of using Hormone Pregnancy Tests (HPTs). Currently, the available scientific evidence does not support a causal association between the use HPTs during early pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, together with the wider Government, has committed to review any new scientific evidence which comes to light since the conclusions of the 2017 independent Expert Working Group convened by the Commission on Human Medicines.
Due to the unavailability of scientific evidence supporting a causal association between the use of HPTs and adverse pregnancy outcomes, options for financial redress have not been considered further.
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