Trump promised the ‘world’s lowest’ drug prices. We checked the numbers.

The TrumpRx website claims to offer the best prices for medications. Here’s where Americans still pay more — and much more. President Donald Trump and top federal health officials have repeatedly claimed that their new website, TrumpRx, offers Americans the world’s lowest prices on prescription drugs. “I took prescription drugs, a very big part of health care, from the highest price in the entire world to the lowest,” Trump said during his State of the Union address last month. That is not true, according to a review by The New York Times and the German news organizations Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR. Why are we publishing this? American president Donald Trump’s aim to reshore drug production to the United States and lower drug prices is reshaping pharma markets worldwide. This could mean less drug access in certain parts of the world, higher prices in Europe and Switzerland and a shift of innovation from Europe to the US. The pharma industry is a pillar of the Swiss economy ... Full story here Are you the author? Previous post See more for 3.) Swissinfo Business and Economy Next post
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