Claim: The UK could pay £500 million more per week for drugs following a post-Brexit trade deal with the USA.
Fact-check: Paying £500 million more a week for drugs post-Brexit is based on a fairly extreme scenario - Full Fact
Verdict: it's certainly possible that drug prices could increase following a trade deal as this fits with us priorities from past negotiations. but the £500 million figure is a rough calculation based on a scenario that the nuffield trust has said is fairly extreme.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2019-11-07T00:00:00