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World Service,16 Feb 2022,26 mins

Beer prices set to rise

World Business Report

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Two of the world's biggest lager makers, Carlsberg and Heineken, have warned that inflation in the manufacturing process is driving up brewers' costs and will make a pint more expensive. And there's also supply chain issues and staff shortages. So how worried should beer drinkers be? We hear from Bart Watson Chief Economist for the Brewers Association. Have US pharmaceutical companies created a web of disinformation to boost their profits? That's the accusation of Dr John Abramson, a family physician and faculty member at Harvard Medical School as laid out in his new book about Big Pharma, 'Sickening' - Dr Abramson explains further. And in France, a long list of covid rules are being dropped – and clubs can reopen right away. We hear from Parisian DJ, Francois X. Picture: A couple raises their pints of beer. Credit: Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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