Prescription Drug Prices Archives

President Trump Releases FY 2020 Budget Request: Proposals Include Eliminating HIV Infections and Reducing Drug Prices

Today, President Trump released his FY 2020 budget proposal, including $1.313 trillion in discretionary proposals (a reduction of $24 billion from his FY 2019 proposal). On the healthcare front, the budget requests an additional $500 million in funding devoted to childhood cancer research, $291 million to eliminate most new HIV infections within 5 years and [...] Read More

President Trump’s Drug Pricing Plan: Is This Pharma’s Last Chance at Self-Regulation?

President Trump has released his long-awaited plan to address prescription drug prices, the mysterious contents of which have been causing heartburn for manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), health plans, and other stakeholders for several weeks. The consensus seemed to be that manufacturers and PBMs were likely to have large targets on their backs. On the […]

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President Trump Releases FY 2020 Budget Request: Proposals Include Eliminating HIV Infections and Reducing Drug Prices