Britain is ‘a terrible place’ to sell medicines, says drug firm executive

Paul Naish of Sanofi says the UK is ‘at a critical point’ in pharmaceuticals despite having excellent scientists. Photograph: Poba/Getty

A senior pharmaceuticals executive has called on the government to come up with a “proper” roadmap for raising spending on new medicines, saying Britain is “not a good place” to develop or sell drugs.

Paul Naish, the UK head of market access for the French company Sanofi, said Britain was “at a critical point”.