Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Australian Government represents 22 million people. The European Union, of which we are a member state, represents 500 million people. If I were a drug manufacturer selling into a market, I would want to do a deal with the one containing 500 million people at all costs.

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