‘Drugs are too expensive for the NHS – and people are paying with their lives’ | Robert Hart

Don’t blame the NHS for denying vital medication, say members of a new activist group, Just Treatment. Blame the pharma companies hooked on huge profits

Arms aloft, activist and breast cancer patient Emma Robertson emerged from the UK headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer last month wearing a bright blue T-shirt. Emblazoned on the back in bold yellow letters were the words: “No drug should ever cost a life”.

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We need to ensure the pressure is on the drug companies who set the prices as well as the system that allows them to do so

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