First, the bad news: President Donald Trump isn’t dropping his promise to address prescription drug pricing as an early goal of his new Administration.
President Trump And Drug Pricing: Rhetorical Improvement But Uncertainty Remains
In his first address to Congress, President Trump didn’t drop drug pricing as a theme, but he also didn’t accuse the industry of 'getting away with murder.' For innovators, that’s at least a rhetorical improvement. Now the debate becomes what the US president means by prices that are 'artificially' high.
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