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UK drug industry must secure post-Brexit future, says report

Drugs from european pharmaceuticals companies as stocks outperformed the stoxx 600 index by 1.2 percentage points

Bloomberg Britain must work with other countries to prevent friction on medicine rules post-Brexit to avoid being sidelined by the global drug industry, according to a report from the UK’s biggest pharmaceutical lobby group. The country must collaborate with ‘science allies’ such as the US, Canada and Australia in developing its post-Brexit medicines regulation or risk being left behind, the ...

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Biden plans flagship projects to challenge China’s Belt and Road

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Bloomberg The Biden administration looks to launch a global infrastructure financing program, intended to counter China’s Belt and Road initiative, with between five and 10 flagship projects announced as soon as January, a senior US official said. The “Build Back Better World” program will look to counter Chinese influence by offering funding for projects with higher labour standards, a focus ...

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German VAT cut unleashed $39 billion spending spree

Bloomberg Countries looking to perk up their economies when interest rates are already at rock bottom might learn something from Germany. Last year’s surprise value-added tax cut by the government in Berlin unleashed about 34 billion euros ($39.4 billion) of household spending while only resulting in about 7 billion euros of lost budget revenue, a working paper published by the ...

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