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UK faces £50 billion economic hit due to spiralling medicines levy
12 October 2023 - A year on from the publication of analysis, which found that excessive double digit UK rebates ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2023
‘A global outlier’: how drug firms are fighting back against UK tax increases
13 April 2023 - With the UK tax on net sales of branded medicines quadrupling over the past three years, medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2023
Biden calls for tax on the wealthy to extend Medicare funding
8 March 2023 - President Joe Biden this week called for higher taxes on wealthy Americans to extend Medicare funding as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2022
The cruellest tax: clipping the ticket on unfunded cancer drugs
28 November 2022 - Jo McKenzie-McLean’s life was turned upside down after a stage 4 bowel cancer diagnosis. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2022
Quebec to impose health tax on unvaccinated Canadians
12 January 2022 - The Canadian province of Quebec will charge a health tax to residents who are not vaccinated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2020
Paying tax on unfunded cancer medication outrageous, says Nelson patient
7 February 2020 - A Nelson man with a rare cancer is concerned the Government is taking millions of dollars ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2019
Proposed changes to research and development tax incentive will discourage investment and undermine innovation
6 December 2019 - Medicines Australia is disappointed that proposed changes to the Research and Development Tax Incentive were tabled ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2019
Taxpayers are funding expensive drug development, report says
10 May 2019 - The Dutch government invests tens of millions of euros every year in small biotech companies which ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2019
Medicines Australia welcomes ALP R&D investment pledge
8 May 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes today’s announcement from the Australian Labor Party to reform the Research and Development ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2019
VAT cut on ‘orphan drugs’ will lift healthcare burden, but many still struggle to afford medication
24 March 2019 - China has reduced value-added tax (VAT) by 3% on 21 orphan drugs and four active pharmaceutical ingredients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2018
Pharma companies avoid estimated $215m a year in local tax: Oxfam
18 September 2018 - Pharmaceutical companies behind some of Australia’s best-known brands avoided an estimated $215 million a year in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2018
Survey shows public support for NHS tax rise
5 July 2018 - The vast majority of the public would be willing to accept tax increases to secure significant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2018
Tax rises on the horizon for NHS budget hike
19 June 2018 - Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that tax rises will be necessary to help fund the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2018
Medical research caught in cross-fire of R&D tax overhaul
9 April 2018 - Industry commercialising medical research caught in cross-fire of R&D tax overhaul. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Feb 2018
AusBiotech says plan to disadvantage life sciences innovation
6 February 2018 - Response to Innovation and Science Australia 2030 plan. ...