Elizabeth has witnessed the difference between the UK and US health systems. She knows the human cost of high prices. Don’t allow the US to sabotage access to meds on the #NHS.
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- #Pharma get to sit at the table when their drugs are being assessed
- Pharma get to appeal NICE rulings
- NICE rulings become advisory rather than binding
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- NICE is forced to say yes to more expensive #medicines
- NICE must change their criteria so it’s easier for expensive meds to get approved 9/
- Stopping the #NHS negotiating as a single entity so we lose bargaining power
- Changing monopoly protections so drug prices stay higher for longer (technically known as SPCs and marketing and data exclusivity)
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- Enabling drug companies to sue the #NHS through #ISDS (a special unaccountable #corporate court system) making it more difficult to put #publichealth before #pharma profits 14/
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#NHS #NHSNotforSale
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🔎And they must make the trade talks FULLY TRANSPARENT.🔍 24/
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