Former health minister rejoins controversial drug maker's PR agency James O’Shaughnessy’s employer represents firm refusing to cut price of cystic fibrosis drug. Former health minister James O’Shaughnessy has rejoined the PR consultancy Portland, whose clients include a US drug company which is refusing to drop the price of an important cystic fibrosis drug to a level the NHS can afford.
Lord O’Shaughnessy had dealings with the company, Vertex, while he was a health minister from 2016 until December last year. In April last year, he wrote a letter to the company, with fellow minister Steve Brine, asking it to negotiate a “responsible and proportionate” price for the drug Orkambi. The Guardian
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