Professor Michael Barry:

I know where the Deputy is coming from on this. We do know that drug therapy, not just in this area but in other areas, can be impacted by your age. You can have drugs that work better in younger people as compared with older people, and vice versa there are drugs that work very well in elderly people that would not be administering to younger people. You can have variations in drug response but whether a drug should be made available or not based on age is a difficult decision. I know it is not one that was made lightly but, as the Deputy has said, maybe it needs to be looked at.