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Asthma: Medical Equipment

Asked by Ayoub KhanIndependentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 23 July 2025UIN 68960

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2025 to Question 65186 on Asthma: Medical Equipment, which pharmaceutical companies are registered as marketing authorisation holders for (a) dry powder inhalers containing (i) salbutamol and (ii) terbutaline and (b) pressurised metered dose inhalers containing salbutamol.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The following table shows the four market authorisation holders (MAH) for dry power inhalers (DPIs) containing salbutamol and terbutaline, along with the three MAHs for pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs):

Pharmaceutical company

Inhaler type

Medicine

Glaxo Wellcome UK Ltd

DPI

Salbutamol

Orion Corp

DPI

Salbutamol

Maylan Products Ltd

DPI

Salbutamol

Astrazeneca UK Ltd Pharmacovigilance

DPI

Terbutaline

Sandoz B.V.

pMDI

Salbutamol

Kent Pharma UK Ltd

pMDI

Salbutamol

Cipla (EU) Ltd

pMDI

Salbutamol

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