Donald Trump’s health chief pick wipes billions off value of Brit medicine-makers

BRITISH medicine-makers had billions wiped disconnected their values yesterday aft President-elect Trump appointed a vaccine sceptic arsenic caput of the US wellness department.

Robert F Kennedy Jr has been pilloried for mendacious claims, including that vaccines are linked to autism, antidepressants are to blasted for school shootings and fluoride successful h2o lowers Americans’ IQs.

His assignment sent shares successful London-listed GSK, a vaccine specialist, slumping by astir 5 per cent successful 1 day, taking £2.7billion disconnected its valuation.

Astrazeneca, which developed Britain’s Covid jab, saw £4billion knocked disconnected its value.

Trump antecedently said successful his run that helium would fto Kennedy Jr “go chaotic connected health, spell chaotic connected food”.

Kennedy Jr said helium wanted to “make Americans erstwhile again the healthiest radical connected Earth”.

He is present successful complaint of a $1.7trillion fund and caput of the Food and Drug Administration.

Dr David Elliman, a advisor paediatrician astatine Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, said: “While RFK Jr’s tendency to tackle chronic conditions, including obesity, is commendable, however helium mightiness spell astir it is little clear.”

Hint disconnected Vint

VINTED, the fast-growing second-hand manner website, has ruled retired a banal speech listing for now.

Boss Thomas Plantenga yesterday said it was easier to woody with conscionable a fistful of investors erstwhile taking connected enlargement risks.

Vinted, valued astatine £4.1billion earlier this year, wants to determination into electronics, toys and watches.

Shops slump

HIGH thoroughfare stores suffered a slowdown arsenic aboriginal online Black Friday offers tempted shoppers instead.

Bricks-and-mortar outlets had their weakest play figures since April, with like-for-like income dropping by 5.35 per cent, said BDO.

Online income jumped 3.73 per cent arsenic immoderate retailers started discounting products implicit a fortnight early.