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Trump Takes Drug Pricing Fight To Insurers With ‘The Great Healthcare Plan’
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (468+ words) President Donald Trump unveiled "The Great Healthcare Plan" on Thursday, calling on Congress to enact changes to lower drug prices and insurance premiums and stretch Most Favored Nation drug pricing beyond the 17 pharma companies that were targeted last year. Speaking…...
Vizient Analysis Reveals Early and Varied Drug Pricing Shifts Following Enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act
1+ week, 2+ day ago (164+ words) The analysis reviewed wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) trends across the top-spend Medicare drugs. While multiple provisions of the IRA have not yet been implemented and market dynamics also influence manufacturer decisions, early observations of the IRA's potential effects on medication…...
Pfizer Leads Industry-Wide Surge in Drug Prices for 2026 Despite Political Pressure
1+ week, 6+ day ago (248+ words) Drugmakers plan to raise the U.S. prices of 40% more drugs in 2026 than they did in 2025despite pressure from President Donald Trump to charge less. Specifically, more than a dozen Big Pharmas have now reached Most Favored Nation agreements with the White House....
How Effective Will TrumpRx and Other Direct-to-Consumer Drug Pricing Initiatives Be?
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (1731+ words) President Donald Trump has made lowering drug prices a cornerstone of his domestic policy agenda, the core of which is his Most Favored Nation (MFN) scheme, which seeks to force U.S. drug prices down to the same level as in similarly…...
Generic Drug and API Manufacturers Call for Onshoring Incentives
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (464+ words) Anas" proposed fix for the problem goes beyond the scope of PreCheck, which is aimed at making it easier for companies to build new facilities in the U.S., or indeed beyond the FDA"s powers. Citing Congress" push to promote domestic…...
In Affordability Push, EMD Serono Joins TrumpRx While Roche Launches DTC Program
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (243+ words) Roche and EMD Serono are joining the industry-wide push to lower healthcare costs in the U.S., falling in line with the Trump administration's agenda. EMD Serono, the U.S. healthcare unit of German pharma giant Merck KGaA, has pledged to participate in the…...
AstraZeneca Becomes Second Pharma to Strike DTC Deal With Trump Administration
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (292+ words) BioSpace is the digital hub for life science news and jobs. We provide essential insights, opportunities and tools to connect innovative organizations and talented professionals who advance health and quality of life across the globe. The British pharmaceutical giant has…...
GoodRx Wants In on Direct-to-Consumer TrumpRx Platform
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (264+ words) As more and more drugmakers are launching direct-to-consumer marketing platforms and working with the government's upcoming TrumpRx program, pharmacies and health companies are looking to carve out a role in this new system as well. GoodRx has approached the Trump…...
Pfizer’s Drug Pricing Deal With Trump Raises Questions About Access
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (368+ words) The reaction was scattered. For Pfizer, analysts were bullish. "Moving past the lack of creative titling, we do not see this DTC effort (and overall price reduction) to be a meaningful negative to Pfizer (if anything a positive!) and its…...
Pfizer To Offer Drugs at a Discount in Agreement with US Government
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks at the Oval Office In a Tuesday morning press conference in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump, flanked by a coterie of cabinet officials, agency regulators and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, announced that the company…...