Say what? Trump declares a big victory in the war on drug prices — for December, anyhow
President Donald Trump wants you to know he’s winning the war on drug prices.
For one month, in any case.
“Already,” Trump said during the State of the Union address Tuesday night, “as a result of my administration’s efforts, in 2018 drug prices experienced their single largest decline in 46 years.”
That comment may take a lot of people in the biopharma industry by surprise. Yes, drug price increases have moderated, as most any pharma exec will quickly tell you, but there’s been no rush by the drug makers to slash prices.
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