80. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is negotiating with the drug supplier Vertex, which produces the drug Orkambi, a drug which has been found to significantly improve the lives of cystic fibrosis sufferers, to ensure that the best possible treatment is available to the thousands of sufferers; if he has considered a pan-European Union approach to acquiring this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3937/16]

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80. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is negotiating with the drug supplier Vertex, which produces the drug Orkambi, a drug which has been found to significantly improve the lives of cystic fibrosis sufferers, to ensure that the best possible treatment is available to the thousands of sufferers; if he has considered a pan-European Union approach to acquiring this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3937/16]

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1. 2 February 2016

   Medicinal Products Availability

   80. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is negotiating with the drug supplier Vertex, which produces the drug Orkambi, a drug which has been found to significantly improve the lives of cystic fibrosis sufferers, to ensure that the best possible treatment is available to the thousands of sufferers; if he has considered a pan-European Union approach to acquiring this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3937/16]

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