{"id":3417,"date":"2025-12-01T16:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:10:57","slug":"u-s-and-u-k-reach-pharma-accord-washington-to-exempt-british-drugs-as-uk-agrees-to-25-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinformant.com\/?p=3417","title":{"rendered":"U.S. AND U.K. REACH PHARMA ACCORD: WASHINGTON TO EXEMPT BRITISH DRUGS AS UK AGREES TO 25% PRICE HIKE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><em>The Trump\u2013Starmer agreement seeks to correct what U.S. officials describe as decades of uneven pharmaceutical trade, with American patients paying inflated costs to subsidize cheaper drugs abroad.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. and British officials announced a new <strong>bilateral pharmaceutical accord<\/strong> on Monday, under which the United States will <strong>exempt British-made pharmaceuticals from certain trade measures<\/strong>, while the United Kingdom has agreed to <strong>raise its regulated prices on prescription drugs by 25 percent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement \u2014 presented jointly by representatives from the <strong>Trump administration<\/strong> and Prime Minister <strong>Keir Starmer\u2019s government<\/strong> \u2014 is framed as a move to \u201ccorrect long-standing imbalances\u201d in transatlantic drug pricing and market access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Trade Ambassador <strong>Jamieson Greer<\/strong> said the current system left \u201c<strong>American patients forced to subsidize prescription drugs and biologics in other developed countries<\/strong>,\u201d suggesting that below-market pricing abroad pushed more of the global pharmaceutical cost burden onto the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials say the new arrangement is intended to create a <strong>more equitable pricing structure<\/strong>, ensure fair access for U.S. pharmaceutical companies, and reduce distortions in international drug markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What remains unclear is how the 25 percent price increase will affect British patients, especially those relying on the National Health Service (NHS), and whether the policy will face resistance from consumer groups or U.K. lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both governments emphasized that further technical details \u2014 including implementation timelines, compliance mechanisms, and exemptions \u2014 will be released in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump\u2013Starmer agreement seeks to correct what U.S. officials describe as decades of uneven pharmaceutical trade, with American patients paying inflated costs to subsidize cheaper drugs abroad. 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