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Trump’s pharma clampdown threatens ‘dramatic’ fall in Irish corporation tax receipts - ESRI
Report warns that pressure on Big Pharma to cut medicine prices in US could have bigger impact on tax take than relocation of plants
Big Pharma’s pullback from the UK could have serious side-effects for Ireland
Negotiations on new medicines pricing agreement comes as drug companies are under pressure to relocate investment back to US
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Despite the narcotics problem in the Republic, could our society’s prejudice against drug users be costing lives?
Black market weight-loss drugs ‘not worth the risk’, warn pharmacists
Union advises people to only purchase drugs from registered pharmacies
Looming ‘patent cliff’ facing Big Pharma adds to sector’s woes
When blockbuster drugs lose intellectual property protections it can wipe out billions of dollars in revenue for companies
Medicine firms try to unscramble Donald Trump’s conflicting populist visions
Forcing Big Pharma to cut prices seems designed to deter investment, not incentivise it
Medicine supplies into NI at risk due to post-Brexit rules, says trade group
Supply of up to 9,000 medicines and medical devices threatened by regulatory change
Novartis takes on Sanofi, Amgen with $9.7bn takeover of heart drug maker
Swiss drugmaker betting on cholesterol-lowering prospect
Use of transvaginal mesh devices put on pause, says Minister for Health
Mesh devices used to treat urinary incontinence temporarily banned in the UK earlier this month
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