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UK and EU life sciences: regulatory, pricing and market access updates—US–UK pharma deal, NICE thresholds, MHRA–NICE pathway, MHRA AI Airlock, HRA transparency, ASA enforcement (9 April 2026)

Published on: 09 April 2026

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Commercialisation/Pricing, reimbursement and imports

UK Government agrees US pharmaceutical partnership with tariff-free exports and pricing reforms

The UK Government has settled the full text of a US–UK pharmaceutical partnership, spanning medicines and innovative medical devices and detailing changes to trade, pricing and access arrangements. The deal ensures UK pharmaceutical exports to the US—worth at least £5 billion each year—enter the US free of tariffs for a minimum of three years, making the UK the only country to secure 0% tariffs on pharmaceutical exports to the US, and brings stronger incentives for pharmaceutical companies to introduce new treatments in the UK. The agreement also extends preferential terms to medical device exports, with no additional new tariffs on medtech for at least three years, and includes co-operation towards mutual recognition of medical device approvals...

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