NHS must reverse decline in drugs investment, says science minister

<p>Patrick Vallance says UK must improve relations with pharmaceuticals industry as firms scrap plans</p><p>The UK is “determined to solve” its standoff with the pharmaceutical industry and reverse a 10-year decline in NHS spending on medicines, the science minister has told MPs, after a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/16/big-pharma-firms-uk-investment-trump-msd-eli-lilly-astrazeneca">string of drugmakers cancelled projects worth nearly £2bn</a>.</p><p>Patrick Vallance, a former executive at drugmaker GSK, said the country needed to increase spending on medicines and reverse a decade of declining investment.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/16/nhs-must-reverse-decline-medicines-investment-science-minister-patrick-vallance">Continue reading...</a>