Browsing: Pharmaceuticals

Sir John Bell, a prominent scientist who brought business and government together during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, has warned that other big pharmaceutical companies will stop…

US drugmaker Merck has scrapped a £1bn London research centre and is laying off 125 scientists this year, in a big blow to the country’s important…

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…

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…

The European pharmaceutical industry has condemned the US move to put 15% tariffs on medicines imported from the EU, calling the taxes a “blunt instrument” that…