Submitted by Nicholas Shaw on Wednesday 27th November 2024
Published on Friday 14th February 2025
Current status: Closed
Closed: Thursday 14th August 2025
Signatures: 138
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British ~ Capitalism ~ Companies ~ Healthcare ~ Parliament ~ Saving ~ Sell ~ The British ~ Threatened ~ Transformative
Prohibit short-selling on companies developing life-saving treatment
We the undersigned, call on Parliament to ban the practice of short-selling publicly traded British companies actively engaged in the research and development of treatments for cancer and other life-threatening disorders.
The British biotech sector plays a critical role in advancing healthcare, with companies often investing significant time, capital and intellectual resources into developing novel and transformative treatments for conditions like acute myeloid/lymphoblastic leukaemias and other cancers that have been historically hard to treat. We believe that short-selling damages their ability to complete vital research in the area.
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