Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2019
High price of cystic fibrosis drug not political, firm's boss tells MPs
8 March 2019 - CEO of company that makes Orkambi denies being ‘political minion’ for Donald Trump.
The chief executive of a US company holding out for a high price from the NHS for its cystic fibrosis drugs was asked whether he might be considered “a political minion for President Trump” as he gave evidence to MPs on Thursday.
Trump has accused the UK of “freeloading” by refusing to pay the high prices American drug companies charge in the US, said Ben Bradshaw, a member of the House of Commons health and social care select committee and former health minister.
