Campaigners file legal challenge to ‘unlawful powergrab’ over NHS drug price controls

Campaigners file legal challenge to ‘unlawful powergrab’ over NHS drug price controls

A legal battle by campaigners against the UK government over changes it has made to the UK’s drug price control system is moving to the courts, following a formal exchange with the government’s lawyers. In its response to a pre-action letter, the government sought to justify the way changes, which will end the independence of NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) from ministerial control, have been made. But the campaigners an…