UK drug prices necessary to stop feud with companies, says science minister The price the NHS pays for medicines will need to rise to end the feud with pharmaceutical companies and stop the exodus of investment in the UK, science minister Patrick Vallance has said. Lord Vallance told the Financial Times that “all options” were on the table in terms of UK drug pricing, after several large [...]
Pharma stocks suffer as Trump demands prescription slash Markets Pharmaceutical stocks across the global markets have taken a hit after Trump demanded drug companies lower prices for American consumers. Trump’s threat against pharmaceuticals has given healthcare sector investors “a dose of the blues” after his letter to various company bosses. It outlined that they should either cut US prescription prices or face a tariff [...]