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The UK-USA medicines deal obliges the NHS to pay much higher prices for new medicines.
This is “one of Brexit’s hidden costs”.
EU countries negotiated collectively with the USA, with much greater leverage.
Britain negotiated alone with no clout and lost out.
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The UK-US medicines deal and the hidden costs of Brexit - UK in a changing Europe
Vilija Vėlyvytė argues that the UK-US medicines deal which will see the NHS pay more for new medicines is an unexpected cost of Brexit.