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A few weeks ago a crisis-stricken NHS turned 75. With multiple pressures including the threat of corporations seeking to profit, many of us are worried this could be its last big birthday. But the situation might not be terminal – if we act now.Â
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Our latest research shows that big pharmaceutical companies have extracted up to £12 billion from the NHS over the last decade by overcharging for the 10 most costly drugs – all for the sake of lining the pockets of shareholders. These corporations are allowed to charge extortionate prices on medicines in the UK as well as in the rest of the world because of unfair patent laws. We need to change this!
If we want to secure a future for the NHS and ultimately access to medicines globally, we need to raise awareness amongst decision-makers urgently by turning this issue into one they can’t ignore. Media outreach, local talks, online petitions and activism stunts are all crucial for the campaign to succeed. But we need help to fund all of this work.
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Can you donate £3 today to give our work against big pharma greed the push it needs to succeed?
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Big pharmaceuticals are raking in the profits at the expense of people’s lives. We estimate that one company, Celgene, has been selling its cancer drug to the NHS at a markup of a shocking 2,300%.Â
Big pharma justifies its pricing by saying medicines are expensive to research and produce. But what they are not telling you is that medicines are often developed through public funds – paid for by people like you and me.Â
Because of governments leaving so much to the market, big pharmaceuticals are getting away with buying up medicines developed through public funding, stopping other companies from making them, and adding an extortionate profit margin when they sell them to public health services around the world.Â
Our next step for the campaign is to demand more public control over the medicines we pay for. This means fair prices, sharing science, and taking power back from big pharma – so that pharmaceutical giants can no longer hold health services to ransom. But we need your help to make this happen!
Can you donate today to support our campaign so we can urgently raise the need for action with decision-makers?
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If we want new, breakthrough medicines to benefit all of us, we need to put a stop to big pharma’s endless profiteering and take control of medicines which, very often, public money has already helped to create.
We need to make this the next big thing on decision-makers’ agenda – urgently. Together, we can make this happen.Â
- £30 could help us write an opinion piece for a national newspaper, exposing a pharmaceutical company for its greedy overpricing
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- £50 could help produce a campaign briefing on how the current system isn’t working and what needs to change, shifting our government’s position
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- £100 could go towards a book launch tour for Global Justice Now director Nick Dearden’s new book ‘Pharmanomics’, organised together with our local activists around the country
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- £500 could help us produce in-depth research on how corporations are massively overcharging the NHS to prove to MPs we need a change.
We understand that not everyone will be able to donate due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. So if you are able to, that makes your donation work even harder.Â
Thank you for taking a stand for a more just world.Â
In solidarity,Â
Tim Bierley,Â
Pharmaceuticals campaigner at Global Justice Now
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P.S. If we want to secure a future for the NHS and ultimately access to medicines globally, we need to increase the pressure on decision-makers to take action against big pharma. Please consider donating to the campaign today.
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