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AstraZeneca CEO hails NHS drug price deal but keeps pause on £200m UK investment
BusinessHealth•February 10, 2026 at 12:26 PMNational

AstraZeneca CEO hails NHS drug price deal but keeps pause on £200m UK investment

By Julia Kollewe•The Guardian - UK News

Pascal Soriot suggests UK-US agreement will not be enough to revive plan to expand Cambridge siteBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of Britain’s biggest pharmaceutical company has said the government’s recent drug pricing deal is a “very positive step” but is unlikely to unfreeze a paused £200m investment in Cambridge.AstraZeneca’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, suggested that a UK-US deal on NHS pricing agreed in December would not be “sufficient” to restart the project to build a research site in the east of England, which was paused in September. Continue reading...

Pascal Soriot suggests UK-US agreement will not be enough to revive plan to expand Cambridge site

The boss of Britain’s biggest pharmaceutical company has said the government’s recent drug pricing deal is a “very positive step” but is unlikely to unfreeze a paused £200m investment in Cambridge.

AstraZeneca’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, suggested that a UK-US deal on NHS pricing agreed in December would not be “sufficient” to restart the project to build a research site in the east of England, which was paused in September.

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