UK eyes higher NHS drug prices amid U.S. pharma pressure
The UK government is reportedly prepared to allow higher NHS medicine prices to defuse U.S. threats of 100 percent tariffs on branded drugs. The shift comes as pharmaceutical firms
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Mace | 8th October 2020 | Uncategorised
Sir Ed Davie has been hard done by at the green-energy firm he consults for
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