If we allow US ‘big pharma’ to get its hands on the NHS, drug costs will rocket and millions will be priced out of healthcareThe NHS is likely to take centre stage in next month’s election. Debate to date has focused on what the health service might lo…
Investment bank to cover costs for staff of extracting eggs or purchasing donated eggs Goldman Sachs is offering prospective parents on its staff up to $20,000 (£15,500) to cover the costs of extracting eggs or purchasing donated eggs as part of its la…
This election will decide the matter: do we in Britain still want a socialised system, or one that puts a price good health?As a GP working in London, it is not uncommon for me to hear people say they can’t afford prescription charges, or that they don…
Stuart Rennison-Price, Virgin Care’s chief operating officer, responds to a recent article about NHS cutsPolly Toynbee writes that we at Virgin Care sued the NHS when we were “denied the chance to tender for profitable contracts” (These brutal cuts to …
Readers condemn the latest select committee report into the treatment of children with learning disabilitiesThis is the most damning select committee report I’ve ever read (Children with special needs plunged into ‘nightmare of bureaucracy’, 23 October…
Patients will get Orkambi by next month after years of price wrangling with manufacturerUp to 5,000 children and young people in England with the life-shortening disease cystic fibrosis will soon get access to the new drug Orkambi, after the US manufac…
Philip Morris has used ‘pro-seal’ and bevels to make packs more recognisable, says reportTobacco companies have been accused of undermining plain packaging laws by introducing gimmicks that ensure their cigarettes stand out from rival products but do n…
If pharmaceutical companies rapidly inflate the price of their products, is there an alternative? One Dutch chemist thinks so. By Chris Stokel-WalkerWhen a pharmaceutical company raised the price of an essential medicine to unacceptable levels, there w…
In latest headache for cash-strapped company, WeWork says it has closed about 2,300 phone booths amid formaldehyde scareWeWork, the cash-strapped office-sharing company, has a new problem that may prove costly. It has closed about 2,300 phone booths at…
Critics say ethane expansion will not only prolong fracking but could also trigger a public health disasterPolitical polarisation over climate surges under TrumpConstruction cranes climb into the sky and sprawl across the massive petrochemical facility…
Boris Johnson’s aide was consultant for AI startup that could win share of £250m fund Boris Johnson’s most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, is facing conflict of interest accusations over a consultancy role he undertook for a government-endorsed healthca…
Readers respond to the launch of the NHS Every Mind Matters campaign and share their thoughts on other mental health issuesCongratulations to Suzanne Moore for highlighting those who are forgotten in campaigns such as Every Mind Matters (Telling people…
Heartburn medicine pulled by GlaxoSmithKline while it investigates source of impurityGlaxoSmithKline is recalling the popular heartburn medicine Zantac in all markets, days after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found “unacceptable” levels of …
From employing EU citizens to driving in Ireland, plan aims to show UK ready for crashing outAll the day’s political developments – liveThe government’s “comprehensive” plan to prepare the country for a no-deal Brexit has been released.The 159-page doc…
Care Quality Commission concerned about group’s cash flow and ability to repay loansOne of the UK’s biggest care home operators, which looks after about 3,000 elderly residents, is being investigated by regulators, heightening concerns over the state o…
Guardian readers discuss the Conservative party conference, and the party’s political legacy so farDescribing the chancellor’s speech as “hyperbole that crumbles under scrutiny” is a kind way of making clear that it was nothing more than a cynical jumb…
Dorothy McDonald says her health declined after Broadspectrum made her live in a room with ‘black, sticky and hairy’ mould A former English teacher is suing offshore detention operator Broadspectrum for “devastating” ill health caused by black mould in…
If any more of the NHS is sold off US style, our medical world will lose the heart that contributes to keeping so many of us alive, says Melanie McFadyeanAnne Boyer’s intense, evocative, terrifying piece about breast cancer (My body feels like it is dy…
Group cuts forecast of revenue growth to 2% as individual states clamp down on vapingImperial Brands has warned that a backlash against vaping in the US will push the tobacco company’s profits below expectations for the year.The FTSE 100 company said t…
Kevin Burns exits as hundreds of illnesses have been reported in the US and nine deaths have been linked to the lung ailmentsJuul Labs chief executive Kevin Burns stepped down from the tobacco vaping company on Wednesday amid growing concern about teen…
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