Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2020
UK underinvested in health care, says pharma boss
22 April 2020 - The UK has underinvested in health care "over many years" which has hampered its ability to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the boss of Roche, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies.
Severin Schwan, Roche chief executive, told BBC Newsnight: "the real issue here is that the UK has probably not invested enough into healthcare, both in absolute terms and in relative terms over many years. That was a problem to start with, but it really shows up in such a crisis when the system is more stressed."
The company is a key partner of the government and Public Health England in ramping up testing for coronavirus.
