Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In fairness to the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, Alexion is not one of its members.

Senator John Crown has made a good argument on what is perceived to be the high cost of high-tech drugs. Notwithstanding the different composition of these drugs, the costs seem particularly high from a layperson's perspective. The Health Service Executive was forced to backtrack on decisions it took not to reimburse the cost of certain medicines through the primary care reimbursement scheme.