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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

Trump pressure to hike UK drug prices could cost NHS billions, experts warn

Pressure from Donald Trump to hike UK drug prices could wipe billions from the NHS budget, causing suffering to the “vast majority of NHS patients”, experts have warned.

Health think tank, the Nuffield Trust, urged the government not to give in to the demands of pharmaceutical companies to raise prices, warning that the threshold for spending on new drugs is already too high.

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