Bio­phar­ma shares ral­ly as Don­ald Trump scores a stun­ning up­set

Price goug­ing like this in the spe­cial­ty drug mar­ket is out­ra­geous. To­mor­row I'll lay out a plan to take it on. -H https://t.co/9Z0Aw7aI6h

— Hillary Clin­ton (@HillaryClin­ton) Sep­tem­ber 21, 2015

As a can­di­date for pres­i­dent, Hillary Clin­ton’s tweets about rein­ing in ris­ing drug prices helped ice over shares for biotech com­pa­nies over the course of the year. And now that she’s been de­feat­ed by Don­ald Trump, in­vestors are re­spond­ing by dri­ving shares up in re­lief that it will be the Re­pub­li­can that will have his hands on health­care pol­i­cy.

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