health service medical supplies (costs) act 2017 health service medical supplies (costs) act 2017 the health service medical supplies (costs) act 2017 (c. 23) is an act of the parliament of the united kingdom. health service medical supplies (costs) act 2017act of parliamentparliament of the united kingdomlong titlean act to make provision in connection with controlling the cost of health service medicines and other medical supplies; to make provision in connection with the provision of pricing and other information by those manufacturing, distributing or supplying those medicines and supplies, and other related products, and the disclosure of that information; and for connected purposes.citation2017 c. 23introduced byjeremy hunt (commons)lord o’shaughnessy (lords)territorial extent england and wales, scotland and northern irelanddatesroyal assent27 april 2017history of passage through parliamenttext of statute as originally enactedrevised text of statute as amended it provides that pharmaceutical companies can be compelled to reduce the price of a generic medicine or introduce other controls on branded products in cases where charges are “unreasonable”.