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Drug Prices ‘Not On The Table’ In UK-US Trade Deal Talks

But Industry Wants More Detail On Government’s Intentions

 
• By Ian Schofield

As the UK prepares for talks on post-Brexit free trade agreements with the EU and other countries around the world, the life science industry has called for a specific pharmaceutical annex in any FTAs. 

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The UK is about to begin FTA talks with the US • Source: Shutterstock

The UK government has promised that medicine prices and the National Health Service will not be “on the table” when it negotiates a free trade agreement with the US, and that it intends to secure provisions in the FTA that support innovative companies in the UK.

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