{"id":324336,"date":"2025-12-01T16:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/324336\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:16:13","slug":"u-k-pledges-to-boost-pharma-payments-will-avoid-u-s-tariffs-on-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/324336\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. pledges to boost pharma payments, will avoid U.S. tariffs on drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-bio\">Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45.<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The United States and United Kingdom announced a high-level agreement Monday under which the U.K. is expected to pay more for medicines.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange for agreeing to increase payments going forward, the U.K. will be spared from pharmaceutical tariffs being considered by the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The announcement represents a crucial element of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2025\/05\/12\/trump-drug-prices-executive-order-most-favored-nation-prescription-pricing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump\u2019s agenda<\/a> to lower U.S. drug prices and to get other rich nations, which generally pay far less for medicines than the U.S., to pay more. The Trump administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2025\/10\/16\/trump-ivf-plan-increase-access-fertility-treatment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">struck confidential deals with a handful of drugmakers<\/a> to lower their prices in some U.S. plans, particularly Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tUnlock this article \u2014 plus daily intelligence on Capitol Hill and the life sciences industry \u2014 by subscribing to STAT+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tIndividual plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. 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