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Previously on "Trump threatens to force NHS to pay more for drugs"
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostYes lets force them out of business. Because the Soviet Union which didn't have for-profit pharmacos produced so many pharma breakthroughs.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostNo. Drugs are patented for a fixed amount of time after which they become generic. The NHS will buy generic if it can, but the newest and latest drugs can only bought from the source that "discovered" them for a fixed period. Unfortunately quite a lot of these are US firms.
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Originally posted by sasguru View Posthttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...nhs-pay-drugs/
Not really a Brexit issue, more a "special relationship" and "Trump" issue.
I know some rather thick middle aged alcoholics on here kind of support Trump.
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What is this special relationship of which you speak? Is there any evidence of it? And the UK can no longer help the US with the EU so is likely to deteriorate.
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Originally posted by sasguru View Post...the newest and latest drugs can only bought from the source that"discovered" themspent many millions trying to find useful molecules, then figuring out how to get them where they're needed, then getting them through clinical trials before being able to market them for a fixed period...
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Originally posted by Jog On View Post
Doesn't our NHS already pay way too much for overpriced US drugs that can be bought far cheaper elsewhere?
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His threats are starting to become more irrelevant it would seem.
SOFIA (Reuters) - The European Commission will launch on Friday the process of activating a law that bans European companies from complying with U.S. sanctions against Iran and does not recognize any court rulings that enforce American penalties.
“As the European Commission we have the duty to protect European companies. We now need to act and this is why we are launching the process of to activate the ‘blocking statute’ from 1996. We will do that tomorrow morning at 1030,” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said.
Doesn't our NHS already pay way too much for overpriced US drugs that can be bought far cheaper elsewhere?
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Trump threatens to force NHS to pay more for drugs
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...nhs-pay-drugs/
Not really a Brexit issue, more a "special relationship" and "Trump" issue.
I know some rather thick middle aged alcoholics on here kind of support Trump.Tags: None
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