Sections relating to the control of the cost of health service medicines
Sections 3 to 6 of the Act relate to the control of the cost of health service medicines. The provisions in the Act amend the NHS Act 2006 clarifying that the Secretary of State may make regulations or directions to limit the costs of health service medicines by requiring manufacturers and suppliers of health service medicines to make payments calculated by reference to sales or estimated sales of those medicines. The provisions in the Act also amend the NHS Act 2006 to enable the Secretary of State to recover and enforce those payments.