Trump Administration, AstraZeneca Reach Deal to Cut Drug Prices and Expand U.S. Investment
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Trump’s Outrageous 1,000% Drug Prices Claim
Key Takeaways • President Trump claimed his new deal would cut drug prices by up to 1,000%. • Experts say cuts over 100% break basic math rules. • Journalist Jason Easley called the claim incoherent and flawed. • Some critics even question the president’s mental sharpness. President Donald Trump announced a deal with a British drugmaker to cut drug prices by 100%, 400%, 600%, even 1,000% in some cases. He said people might pay “one eighth of a c…
Trump Administration, AstraZeneca Reach Deal to Cut Drug Prices and Expand U.S. Investment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump on Friday announced a new agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca aimed at lowering prescription drug costs and strengthening U.S. manufacturing, part of a broader effort to align American drug prices with those paid in other developed nations. The agreement, the second of its kind under the administration’s “most-favored-nation” initiative, will give every state Medicaid program access to A…
In an effort to ease the financial burden on U.S. patients and encourage investment in the domestic pharmaceutical industry, the Trump administration has reached a landmark agreement with AstraZeneca.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an agreement with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, under which the company will sell certain drugs at a discount through the government's Medicaid healthcare program in exchange for tariff breaks. The White House previously reached a similar agreement with Pfizer.
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