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Labour on collision course with big pharma over drugs.

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Labour's newly announced policy on research funding for new medicines raises big questions about the balance between private profit and public good. The party wants to make big drug companies hand over their exclusive research details so medicines can be made and sold more cheaply by others.

Should major drug companies have the right to benefit from their research investment through exclusive rights to sell new products over a decade or more?

Or should the government have the right to over-ride that when certain potentially life-changing medicines are deemed too expensive for NHS patients?

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Big question. However would they put in the research if they didn't benefit from it? Maybe the other companies give a percentage for the first 10 years. Also they do have the money and influence to fight this idea.

Another question. Why does it have to be only private companies that do the research. Why not a government agency?

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