Paying £500 million more a week for drugs post-Brexit is based on a fairly extreme scenario

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7 November 2019 - The UK could pay £500 million more per week for drugs following a post-Brexit trade deal with the USA.

It’s certainly possible that drug prices could increase following a trade deal as this fits with US priorities from past negotiations. But the £500 million figure is a rough calculation based on a scenario that the Nuffield Trust has said is fairly extreme.

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