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NHS: Drugs

Asked by Julia LopezConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 17 December 2025UIN 98909

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK is (a) excluded from, (b) partially exempted from and (c) otherwise subject to special treatment under the United States’ Most Favoured Nation drug pricing policy.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

Thanks to strong United Kingdom support for innovation, the UK has secured mitigations under the United States’ ‘Most Favoured Nation’ drug pricing initiative so that we will continue to ensure access to the latest treatments. This will encourage pharmaceutical companies from around the world to prioritise the UK for early launches of their new medicines, meaning British patients could be among the first globally to access breakthrough treatments.

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