内容摘要：His administration has taken action to drastically improve relations with Moscow, while seeking to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

His administration has taken action to drastically improve relations with Moscow, while seeking to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

Stephen J Ubl, president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, said in a statement that "importing foreign prices from socialist countries would be a bad deal" for American patients.John F Crowley, president of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, called MFN status "a deeply flawed proposal that would devastate our nation's small- and mid-size biotech companies" by potentially choking off funding for research.

"Patients and families are not a bargaining chip in a trade war, but that's exactly how they are being treated – first through proposed tariffs on our nation's medicines, now with foreign reference pricing in the name of fairness."But Alan Sager, the Boston University professor, was sceptical about the industry's arguments. He pointed out that the money used to research a drug was spent before any profits were made, and suggested that there might be other ways to fund research - such as large cash prizes for cures for specific diseases.Prof Sager suggested that real action to drive down drug prices would depend on the president's attention span.

"Given the president's apparent public vacillation on many topics, it just isn't clear that he'll stay with this problem or that he'll be willing and able to act effectively," he said.Drivers and bus passengers are being warned of delays due to a planned two-week closure of a main road in Leicestershire while flood prevention work takes place.

Repairs under Blaby bridge on Leicester Road between Blaby and Glen Parva will see the bridge closed from Monday until 28 February.

Leicestershire County Council said the work would involve replacing gullies and associated work under the bridge that will require a full closure of Leicester Road in the area, with diversions to be put in place."It's causing a mini-pandemic," he said.

Mr Clayton added that he fully supported the strike action by the refuse workers and said he had provided his service for "as cheap as I possibly can" to people who are "desperate" for their waste to be collected.The history of Grangemouth has been built on fossil fuels – but now its future depends on its reinvention as Scotland's green energy industrial hub.

The site, on the south bank of the Firth of Forth, is home to the UK's oldest oil refinery, which dates back to 1924.It is being closed down by owner Petroineos, with the loss of 400 of the 2,000 jobs which are based at the sprawling industrial complex.