Industry Laments UK Decision To Go Ahead With ‘Unprecedented’ Sales Repayments
Executive Summary
The UK government has confirmed plans to raise payments made by drug companies in the statutory scheme for branded medicines to 24.4% for 2023, despite clear warnings from industry that the approach is unsustainable and jeopardizes the delivery of the government's ambitions for life sciences in the post-Brexit UK.
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