8 September 2018 - Pharmaceutical companies are trying to “rip off taxpayers” and big business must be more socially responsible, the health secretary has said.

Matt Hancock insists that he is “not going to let big pharmaceutical companies hold the NHS to ransom” as he negotiates over a new deal on drug prices for the health services.

In an interview with The Times, Mr Hancock uses some of the most aggressive language ever directed by a health secretary towards drug companies as he condemns “profiteering” on products that rely on government-funded research and NHS patient data.

Read The Times article