American big pharma boss doesn’t support tariffs on Australian medicines | 7.30

Описание: Government and business are waiting anxiously for the Trump administration's next decision on tariffs, including those threatened against Australian pharmaceutical companies.

Big pharma in the US is using the trade tensions to press Australia to change the way the PBS buys American medicines, describing PBS policies as "egregious and discriminatory".

David Ricks is the chair and CEO of American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, a trillion dollar company that produced life changing psychiatric and diabetes medicines as well as breakthrough drugs targeting weight loss and Alzheimer’s. David Ricks is also a member and former chair of the powerful industry lobby group, PhRMA.

7.30’s Sarah Ferguson interviews David Ricks.

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