AstraZeneca: Jeremy Hunt ‘disappointed’ by drugs firm’s low-tax move
AstraZenaca chose Republic of Ireland for £320m factory because of the UK’s “discouraging” tax rate. …
He added: “If you look at life sciences, we have billion pound investments announced recently by BioNTech, by Moderna, by Merck, by other big pharmaceutical companies. We think we are in a tremendously strong position, with the biggest Life Science Centre in Europe.’