The government is beginning to acknowledge a problem highlighted by Trump’s tariffs
Big pharma’s cash pull-out lands blow to UK economy
Merck’s decision to scrap a £1bn investment follows the health secretary’s refusal to negotiate UK drug prices
Mandelson came to praise Brexit. Merck just buried it
Last week, the then ambassador to the US said that Brexit allowed Britain to get closer to the US – just as the drugs company withdrew billions of dollars of investment from the UK
Eli Lilly joins big pharma fallout over drug prices
Select committee calls emergency meeting as CEOs ‘livid with the UK’ after talks with government crash over NHS rebates
Alarm over ‘substitutes’ sold on black market as Mounjaro price bloats
Online sellers have started promoting weight-loss treatments that are yet to receive clinical approval
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