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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julia Kollewe

UK officials ‘working day and night’ to resolve NHS drug pricing row’

A pharmacist checks stocks of drugs and other medication on the selves of a pharmacy in in the UK
Ministers are working on proposals to raise the cost-effectiveness thresholds at which new medicines are assessed for use in the NHS by about 25% overall. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Alamy

The UK science minister has said officials are “working day and night” trying to resolve the standoff with big pharmaceutical companies over drug pricing.

Speaking to industry leaders and investors at London life sciences week, Patrick Vallance, a former GSK executive, said the government was “clear eyed about the challenges”.

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