Lawmakers from both the U.S. and U.K. have written to the two pharmaceutical companies to express concerns over plans to raise the price of a dose to $110-$130.
, Albert Bourla, expressing concern over its impacts on the National Health Service and asking him to confirm that the cost of the vaccine will not rise in Britain.
"The UK has already been paying the highest known prices for Pfizer's vaccines, with your company reportedly having already increased the price per dose from £18 to £22 [$22 to $27]," the letter added."With Pfizer's vaccine estimated to cost £4.98 [$6.14] to produce, even the original price represented a 340 percent markup.
What agreement the NHS and the COVID-19 vaccine producers come to could have wide-reaching impacts on how much the drug costs elsewhere."It might just be they're the two sheriffs left in town and they feel that they can now," Sawer said, adding:"The NHS is used as a sort of guide price for other countries as well, especially in Europe, so it's going to be a big issue."
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