The heads of the UK’s two pharma majors have again called on the government to work more closely with the sector amid growing concerns that the country is sliding down the list of places to invest.
UK’s Big Two Committed To Country But Call For Change
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said it was “fake news” to describe the UK as the worst place in the western world for pharma companies to invest and blamed the decision to pull plans for a new £450m vaccines facility near Liverpool on it simply not being economically viable without more government support.
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