Post-Brexit UK Risks Being ‘Left Out In The Cold’ As EU Coordinates Action On Shortages

The UK is not alone in experiencing drug shortages, as data from across Europe show, but its departure from the EU makes it more difficult to respond to supply chain pressures, according to new research.

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Brexit may have made the UK more vulnerable to drug shortages • Source: Shutterstock

When it comes to medicine shortages, the “Brexit effect” is barely mentioned by the UK’s Conservative government, which took the UK out of the EU at the end of January 2020.

But new research from UK independent health think tank Nuffield Trust suggests that while Brexit has not caused the recent...

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