FOI – 2025-000265 Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies Manufactured or Headquartered in Israel (HTML)

Date received – 22 August 2022 | Date responded – 19 September 2025

Request

In accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information:

• Details of any NHS Scotland procurement of pharmaceuticals or other medical supplies from companies either headquartered in or whose manufacturing takes place in Israel.
• Please provide details for the 2024-25 financial year and the current financial year to date.

Response

I refer to your freedom of information request that we received on 22 August 2025 requesting the following information.

In accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information:

• Details of any NHS Scotland procurement of pharmaceuticals or other medical supplies from companies either headquartered in or whose manufacturing takes place in Israel.
• Please provide details for the 2024-25 financial year and the current financial year to date.

We have now completed the search of our records and can provide you with the following information:

National Procurement (NP) part of NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) currently has the following contracts with Teva UK Ltd which is part of an Israeli multinational called Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd: 

• NP30923 Psychiatry and Neurology Medicines
• NP30925 Psychiatry and Neurology Medicines
• NP33923 Ranibizumab
• NP35923a / NP36123a / NP39723a / NP40923a NP Generic Medicines Transition
• NP36122 Antibiotic, Antiviral & Genito Urinary Medicines
• NP36124 Antibiotic & Genito Urinary Branded & Generic Medicines
• NP36722 Fertility Products
• NP39722f Lenalidomide
• NP39724 Generic & Biosimilar Cancer Medicines
• NP39724b Pomalidomide and Thalidomide
• NP39724g Plerixafor
• NP39825 Gastro Intestinal, Endocrine, Nutrition and Blood Generic Medicine
• NP40919 Analgesics & Anaesthetics, Musculoskeletal & Joint Disease Generic Medicine
• NP40923 Analgesics, Anaesthetics, Musculoskeletal & Joint Disease Medicines
• NP41125 Immunosuppressant Medicines
• NP43324 HIV Generic Medicines
• NP47822 Multiple Sclerosis Medicines
• NP47825 Multiple Sclerosis Medicines

All contract notices for the above can be found here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/.

I trust you will find the information of assistance and if you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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