Browsing: Pharmaceuticals

Ministers are preparing to raise the amount the NHS pays pharmaceutical firms for medicines by up to 25% after weeks of intensive talks with the Donald…

The value of the drugmaker Novo Nordisk has shot up by more than £6.5bn after research showed its new anti-obesity pill resulted in almost as much…

The UK is “determined to solve” its standoff with the pharmaceutical industry and reverse a 10-year decline in NHS spending on medicines, the science minister has…

A senior pharmaceuticals executive has called on the government to come up with a “proper” roadmap for raising spending on new medicines, saying Britain is “not…

The Danish maker of the weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic is to cut 9,000 jobs as it issued a profit warning amid fierce competition…

The manufacturer of the weight loss drug Mounjaro has paused shipments to the UK before a significant price rise for the treatment next month.The US pharmaceutical…

People using the weight loss jab Mounjaro have reacted with dismay to the news its manufacturer, Eli Lilly, plans a price increase in the UK from…

Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has accused pharmaceutical companies of being “shortsighted” and undermining their relationships with the government after the two sides failed to come…

A row between Wes Streeting and pharmaceutical companies has intensified after drugmakers rejected the health secretary’s latest offer on NHS drug pricing.The two sides failed to…

The price of the weight loss jab Mounjaro will rise by up to 170% in the UK, its US manufacturer has said, as Donald Trump ramps…