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Shortage of Parkinson’s drug horrifies me, says MacDonald

Independent MSP Margo MacDonald has said she is horrified by news of a global shortage of a Parkinson’s drug and would raise the issue with Scottish health ministers.

The Parkinson’s UK charity is demanding answers from Merck, the leading pharmaceutical company, over what it says is the ongoing shortage of the drug, Sinemet.