Burnham urged to ditch ‘dangerous’ UK-US NHS drug deal

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Health groups and doctors urge UK politician Andy Burnham to revoke the UK-US NHS drug trade deal, warning it could lead to 229,000 excess deaths by 2036 due to prioritizing pharmaceutical profits over patient lives. The government defends the agreement as beneficial for drug exports and patient access.

Exclusive: health groups call on expected next prime minister to rip up agreement, which analysis suggests could lead to 229,000 excess deaths by 2036 UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham is being urged to scrap the UK-US trade deal on medicines as health organisations and doctors’ groups warn it is dangerous and prioritises pharmaceutical company profits over the lives of NHS patients. Ministers have defended the agreement, signed last December, as a way of helping British drug exports to the US avoid tariffs and giving patients access to potentially life-extending drugs that would otherwise be denied. Continue reading...