On Sunday, he claimed the ACMD's member from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society had also resigned.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society campaigned for a freeze and says the rises are completely unacceptable.
Philip Green, from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, told BBC News Online, he welcomed the plans.
Too many people may be damaging their health by self-medicating with sleeping pills, according to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Neal Patel, spokesperson for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society said the news of the increase in prescription charges was "deeply disappointing".
However last week Newsnight showed a leaflet they were given by the pharmacy in 2010 to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
The advice was echoed by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
David Pruce, Director of Practice and Quality Improvement at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, said they supported the safety review.
Dr Gillian Hawksworth, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, said there was a "clear public health benefit" to be gained from making statins available over-the-counter.
It is written by experts from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group, the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
"There is good evidence for the efficacy of Orlistat (Alli) in weight reduction but it should not be used as the sole element of weight management, " says Dr Colin Cable of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, who reviewed the products.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, confirmed that from wholesaler to chemist shops nobody is legally obliged to keep a record of drug batch numbers and the chemists do not keep records of which patient is dispensed drugs from which batch.
The idea has received broad backing from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales, whose director for Wales, Paul Gimson, said: "Pharmacists are the experts in medicine and we believe that all patients taking medication should have the best possible access to the expertise and support of their pharmacist".
One doctor group, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, calls for new incentives to lure big pharmaceutical companies back into the field.
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