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Britain’s nursing union has cut its ties with an Israeli drug company over the firm’s links to the country’s military and track record of corporate misconduct.
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union → cut → misconduct
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has axed Teva UK as a commercial partner and as sponsor of a forthcoming event on migraine and headaches at the union’s London headquarters.
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College → ax → headquarters
Pro-Palestine groups who were pushing the RCN to drop Teva UK claimed the decision was “a major breakthrough for grassroots healthcare organising and the international boycott, divestment and sanctions movement” aimed at isolating Israel worldwide.
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decision → push → Israel
The RCN represents more than 500,000 nurses in the UK.
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RCN → represent → UK
It acted after coming under pressure from campaign groups Nurses for Palestine and UK Healthcare Petitions to Royal Colleges (UKHPRC) to end its relationship with Teva UK.
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It → act → UK
Carmel O’Boyle, the chair of the RCN’s ruling council, confirmed the decision in a letter to Nurses for Palestine.
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O’Boyle → rule → Palestine
“Going forward [the] RCN is ending its commercial partnership with Teva UK.
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RCN → go → UK
The event will go ahead as planned,” she said.
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she → go → ?
“We are taking this action because further due diligence showed that there are a number of Teva Pharmaceuticals’ operations, which have been the subject of legal sanction and public scrutiny, which are not in line with RCNi [the union’s publishing and education arm] and RCN values.
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which → take → RCNi
“We know how important it is that the RCN only enters commercial relationships with companies that represent the values of the nursing profession.”
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that → know → profession
Teva said it was “disappointed” at the RCN’s decision and that healthcare had been “politicised”.
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healthcare → say → decision
Nurses for Palestine welcomed the move.
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Nurses → welcome → move
“Teva has no place sponsoring professional bodies dedicated to healing, care and preserving human life,” a spokesperson said.
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spokesperson → have → life
UKHPRC said: “It is unthinkable that in this day and age healthcare organisations continue to enter into commercial relationships with companies linked to sustaining state systems accused or found by international bodies to involve grave violations of international law, including crimes against humanity, apartheid and genocide.”
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organisations → say → humanity
Pro-Palestine campaigners are now calling on the Royal College of Pharmacy to drop Teva UK as a sponsor of its annual conference next month and cancel the exhibition stand the firm has booked.
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firm → call → stand
Teva has been ordered to pay about £1bn in fines and other payments by the European Commission and US authorities over the last decade for bribery, price-fixing and abuse of its market position.
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Teva → order → position
In 2024 the European Commission fined Teva €462.6m for blocking rival firms from competing with Copaxone, its treatment for multiple sclerosis, in seven European countries for between four and nine years.
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Commission → fin → years
In 2023 it agreed with the US Department of Justice to pay $225m in fines as an alternative to prosecution after it was charged with fixing the price of three drugs.
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it → agree → drugs
And in 2016 it struck a deal with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Department of Justice to pay $519m to settle civil and criminal charges involving its bribery of government officials in Russia, Ukraine and Mexico.
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it → strike → Russia
A Teva spokesperson said: “As one of the largest suppliers of medicines to the UK we have valued our longstanding partership with the RCN and the opportunity it has provided to support healthcare professionals and the patients they care for.
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they → say → professionals
“We are disappointed by the RCN’s decision to end this relationship and are seeking further dialogue with the organisation.
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We → disappoint → organisation
Healthcare is at its best when it remains focused on patients rather than being politicised.”
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it → remain → patients
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