Ed Silverman , 2025-05-13 18:51:00
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File this under “Lower your price — or else!”
Tucked inside the executive order on drug pricing from President Trump is a sentence that appears to threaten pharmaceutical companies that their medicines may be withdrawn if they do not lower prices.
Specifically, the order issued on Monday contains a provision concerning “most-favored nation” pricing, which would require pharmaceutical companies to charge Americans prices for medicines that are comparable to what people pay in countries that are similar to the U.S.
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