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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell

Second UK health body drops Israeli drug firm after activist pressure

Healthcare workers protest in Parliament Square, holding signs and a banner about Palestine
The RCN, which represents 500,000 UK nurses, dropped Teva as a sponsor of both the union and an event on headache and migraine. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

A second major UK health body has cut ties with an Israeli drug firm after coming under pressure from pro-Palestine campaigners.

The Royal College of Pharmacy has dropped Teva UK, the British arm of the global medicines producer Teva Pharmaceuticals, as a sponsor of and exhibitor at its annual conference next month.

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