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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs

Medicines on shelves at a UK pharmacy
Ministers said the deal with Donald Trump will mean more NHS patients get access to innovative medicines. Photograph: Andrew Walters/Alamy

Campaigners against the UK’s controversial drug pricing deal with Donald Trump are threatening the government with legal action unless it scraps a key element of the plan.

They claim that a change to how drug treatments are approved for use by the NHS, which could lead to it paying even higher prices for them, amounts to an “unlawful power grab”.

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