The Swiss Cheese NHS Act
Rishi rolls out the red carpet, Big Pharma brings the invoice, the NHS gets the bill slipped under the door.
Panel of Swiss lobbyists carving the NHS into bite-sized trademarks as UK officials toast a ‘free’ trade deal with taxpayer-funded champagne.
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UK caves to pharma demands in Swiss trade deal — despite NHS cost fears — It marks the first time the U.K. has explicitly written drug patent rules into a free trade agreement.
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