The UK’s main opposition Labour Party wants to create a publicly owned medicines company to provide cheaper drugs and an alternative to ‘big pharma’ the multibillion dollar pharmaceutical industry. Could it work?

Guests:

Dr Jing Luo
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Jaysree Iyer
Executive Director, Access to Medicine International.

Dr Samir Nuseibeh
Senior Teaching Fellow, UCL

Heidi Chow
Senior Campaigns Manager, Global Justice Now

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