The Guardian: How Britain’s economy got dumber: Pfizer’s bid for AstraZeneca

Reporter Aditya Chakrabortty looks at the history of AstraZeneca and the importance of spending on R&D. Research by Andrea Mina, University Lecturer in the Economics of Innovation and Alan Hughes, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Business Research is prominently cited in the feature. The report shows that the UK spends less on R&D when compared with countries such as US, Germany or China.

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