In recent days, my name has been mentioned by John McDonnell in relation to policies he and Jeremy Corbyn have been floating relating to the patent box policy and funding of medical innovation in the UK. I should say first off that I was once a member of Labour’s Economic Advisory Committee (EAC) performing a similar role to that which I have for Nicola Sturgeon in her Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) and, in various ways, with other policy makers worldwide. And although Labour’s EAC is not currently operating, I actually never discussed pharmaceutcal more