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<body><p>STORY: Big pharma is receiving pushback from European capitals on drug pricing. </p><p>So they’re turning to a playbook that brought them success in the UK.</p><p>Making threats to pull investment plans to pressure policymakers. </p><p>The industry notched a win when the British government agreed to increase medicine spending as part of a broader deal to avoid U.S.-imposed tariffs. </p><p>The latest nation to face pressure is Germany, which has been debating legislation to tighten spending on medicines. </p><p>A Reuters European Pharma correspondent Maggie Fick said pressure in the last week has ramped up. </p><p>"The CEO of Pfizer wrote a letter to the German chancellor warning that their future investments in the country may be at risk over these proposed changes to pricing laws."</p><p>Meanwhile, AstraZeneca warned that it may not launch new medicines in Germany if these changes go ahead.</p><p>Earlier in June, Eli Lilly announced it would halve a planned $2.7 billion investment, also citing the proposed legislation. </p><p>This bid to cap costs has centered Germany in a broader tussle between drugmakers and European governments that began several months ago.</p><p>That tension has been sharpened by the impact on Europe of U.S. President Donald Trump's pricing push.</p><p>This aims to tie prescription medicine prices in the lucrative U.S. market to lower prices elsewhere, including in Europe.</p><p>Major drugmakers have struck deals with the White House to lower drug costs in exchange for tariff exemptions, adding to pressure for increasing prices elsewhere.</p></body>
Eli Lilly (LLY) became the first pharmaceutical company to cross a $1 trillion market valuation in November last year, carried largely by its highly lucrative obesity and diabetes medications, such as Mounjaro and Zepbound. Now the same demand that built that fortune is creating friction with the ...
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