Mounjaro supply chaos: Lib Dems call for CMA investigation

EMBARGO: Immediate Release

Responding to reporting by LBC that the US manufacturer of Mounjaro will halt UK orders of the drug following Trump’s attempts to encourage America’s drug manufacturers to increase their prices in foreign markets, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:

“Trump’s economic vandalism is now threatening the health and wellbeing of people here in the UK. Ministers should be instructing the Competition and Markets Authority to launch an investigation into this price gouging and make plain the sanctions that can be levelled if Eli Lilly continue down this path.

“Global pharmaceutical companies are the latest industry to be put under Trump’s thumb through his relentless bullying and Brits are the ones paying with their wallets and their health.

“It is time the Government made it crystal clear to the White House and Eli Lilly that the health of our nation will not be held to ransom, demand that this price hike is reversed and ensure these drugs are available for those who need them.”

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Reporting by LBC can be found here: www.lbc.co.uk/article/temporarily-halt-uk-mounjaro-orders-5HjdBTp_2/