Vijay Patel OBE (born around 1950[citation needed]) is an Indian-English businessman.
[citation needed] In the 2019 New Year Honours, Patel was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
[1] The award drew criticism due to his company Atnahs increasing the prices of certain generic medications,[1] resulting in considerable extra costs, totalling more than 16 million pounds, being incurred by the NHS in 2017.
[2] He and his brother Bhikhu Patel started the pharmaceutical company Waymade Plc.
Auden Mckenzie paid Waymade to stay out of the market between 2011 and 2015 while it increased the price from around £46 to £90 for a pack of 30 20 mg tablets.