I helped make the Covid vaccine. Trump's tariffs risk lives
Leading British scientists have warned that President Trump's planned tariffs on pharmaceuticals could hinder the development of new vaccines and endanger lives.
Sir Adrian Hill, the director of Oxford University's Jenner Institute, said the development of a next generation of vaccines and drugs capable of treating deadly diseases — from HIV and tuberculosis to cancer — could be 'slowed down' if tariffs were enforced.
'Companies invest huge amounts of money into potential drugs and vaccines but most of them fail,' he said. 'Companies will be less likely to take that risk if the return is much smaller, because you have to give larger amounts of the payment in tariffs.'
One of the world's leading vaccine scientists, Hill said there would also be less incentive among
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