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The Pharmaceutical Arrangement was a necessary response to an acute tariff threat to £4 billion...
Conclusion
The Pharmaceutical Arrangement was a necessary response to an acute tariff threat to £4 billion of UK exports. However, the cost to the NHS is material, contested, and opaque. Whether increased NHS spending translates into increased UK R&D investment, remains the critical unresolved question. (Conclusion, Paragraph 80) 60
Source
Committee
Business and Trade Committee
Inquiry
UK trade with the US
Report
6th Report - The UK-US economic relationship: 250 years on
04 Jul 2026
HC 127
Addressee Bodies
Department for Business and Trade
Timeline
Recommendation age
0.1 yrs
Report published
04 Jul 2026