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  "path": "/uk/2026/03/31/us-pharma-giant-demands-nhs-cash/",
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  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
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  "textContent": "It was only December last year when Labour bent over for Donald Trump and Big Pharma, giving companies a 25% pay increase for NHS drugs. It’s now March and these companies are already coming back for more. Give us cash, or else US firm Eli Lilly is demanding further rises in costs for the NHS. […]\n\nBy James Wright",
  "title": "US pharma giant makes a fool of Starmer, demands more NHS cash"
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