UK Labour Govt Would Boost Health Spending, Put Pressure On Drug Prices

Out Goes R&D Credit, In Comes Compulsory Licensing

The election manifesto produced by the Labour Party offers something for everyone, from the dropping of prescription charges and a boost for health care spending to more use of compulsory licensing and the building of a state-owned generics factory to make medicines more affordable.

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The Labour Party has laid out its election manifesto • Source: Shutterstock

The UK opposition Labour Party has promised that if it wins the 12 December general election it will boost health spending, abolish prescription charges, support the development of genomics and cell therapies, and ensure continued post-Brexit UK participation in EU agencies and funding programs.

But it also plans to set up a state-run generics company, use compulsory licensing provisions to secure access to cheaper medicines, and phase out R&D tax credits as well as the “Patent Box,” which lowers the tax companies pay on patent-derived profits

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