7/5/2019

DRUGS/HHS/MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said Friday [7-5-19] that the White House was writing an executive order to require pharmaceutical companies to offer the United States government among the lowest prices in the world, in comments that were not immediately clear to many experts on the country’s health care system…The White House has made the […]

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7/1/2019

CONGRESS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prescription drug prices jumped 10.5 percent over the past six months, more slowly than during the same period last year but still four times faster than inflation, despite increasing pressure on drugmakers from the Trump administration and Congress. However, the top drug brands in the U.S. saw prices rise by an average […]

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6/20/2019

DRUGS/HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Merck & Co Chief Executive Ken Frazier said on Thursday [6-20-19] a rule to base the price the U.S. government pays for some prescription drugs in it Medicare program on lower prices in other countries would face legal challenges if adopted. U.S. President Donald Trump said last year that one way his […]

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6/15/2019

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Opioid addiction can happen to anyone—and we must work together to fight the stigma and save lives, says @Surgeon_General J…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2019 6:30 am […]

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6/12/2019

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @VP: President @realDonaldTrump made the opioid crisis a primary focus of his administration. Today, I am in Montana to further our supp…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 12, 2019 9:32 pm […]

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5/31/2019

BORDER/DRUGS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “90% of the Drugs coming into the United States come through Mexico & our Southern Border. 80,000 people died last year, 1,000,000 people ruined. This has gone on for many years & nothing has been done about it. We have a 100 Billion Dollar Trade Deficit with Mexico. It’s time!” –Donald Trump, […]

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5/31/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/DRUGS/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In order not to pay Tariffs, if they start rising, companies will leave Mexico, which has taken 30% of our Auto Industry, and come back home to the USA. Mexico must take back their country from the drug lords and cartels. The Tariff is about stopping drugs as well as illegals!” […]

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5/9/2019

DRUGS/HIV-AIDS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great news today: My Administration just secured a historic donation of HIV prevention drugs from Gilead to help expand access to PrEP for the uninsured and those at risk. Will help us achieve our goal of ending the HIV epidemic in America! https://t.co/wux5QasWgW” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 9, 2019 5:34 pm […]

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5/9/2019

DRUGS/HHS/HIV-AIDS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hundreds of thousands of uninsured people may soon have access to medication meant to curb the HIV epidemic. President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced on Twitter that the administration has worked with biotechnology company Gilead to secure a donation of an HIV prevention drug. Truvada is […]

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5/8/2019

DRUGS/HISPANICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big announcement today: Drug companies have to come clean about their prices in TV ads. Historic transparency for American patients is here. If drug companies are ashamed of those prices—lower them!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2019 4:01 pm […]

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5/8/2019

DRUGS/HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration finalized a rule Wednesday [5-8-19] that requires drugmakers to disclose prices in television ads, despite skepticism the move will lower the high cost of drugs and concerns that sticker shock will frighten patients into going off their medications. Under the rule, which takes effect in 60 days, manufacturers must […]

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4/29/2019

BORDER/DRUGS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Coyotes and Drug Cartels are in total control of the Mexico side of the Southern Border. They have labs nearby where they make drugs to sell into the U.S. Mexico, one of the most dangerous country’s in the world, must eradicate this problem now. Also, stop the MARCH to U.S.” –Donald […]

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4/27/2019

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We must end the Opioid Crisis. Do your part today by participating in prescription drug #TakeBackDay at over 4,000 locations across the Country! https://t.co/xvwO9fcu42 https://t.co/y96Y9MBpaz” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2019 12:05 pm […]

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4/27/2019

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We must end the Opioid Crisis. Do your part today by participating in prescription drug #TakeBackDay at over 4,000 locations across the Country! https://t.co/09LeIplOsp https://t.co/5nVH5AT2Fw” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2019 11:41 am […]

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4/27/2019

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Today is National Drug Take Back Day! Find a collection site near you and join the fight against opioid abuse. https://t.co…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2019 11:23 am […]

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4/24/2019

DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, after a week devoted to criticizing the Mueller report and investigations by congressional Democrats, turned on Wednesday [4-24-19] to a policy matter, vowing to ‘smash the grip of addiction’ caused by the opioid epidemic. Addressing a conference of health  professionals and addiction specialists in Atlanta, Mr. Trump promised to provide […]

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4/24/2019

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As ONE UNITED NATION, we will work, we will pray, and we will fight for the day when every family across our land can live in a DRUG FREE AMERICA! #RxSummit2019 https://t.co/FqpHhaafkD” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2019 1:40 pm […]

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4/24/2019

DRUGS/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, @FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to join thousands of leaders from across the Country for the 2019 Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit (@RxSummit) in Atlanta, Georgia! #RxSummit2019 https://t.co/LfkFisfN22” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2019 1:36 pm […]

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4/24/2019

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is expected to tout his fight against opioid abuse in remarks in Atlanta on Wednesday [4-24-19], a day after his administration brought its first related criminal charges against a major drug distributor and company executives. America’s opioid epidemic, especially damaging in rural areas where Trump is popular, has been […]

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4/16/2019

DRUGS/MELANIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will discuss the opioid crisis at an Atlanta summit. The White House announced the April 24 appearance at the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit on Twitter Tuesday, saying the Trumps will speak ‘about their fight to end the opioid crisis in America.’ Trump […]

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4/5/2019

BORDER/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….This will supersede USMCA. Likewise I am looking at an economic penalty for the 500 Billion Dollars in illegal DRUGS that are shipped and smuggled through Mexico and across our Southern Border. Over 100,00 Americans die each year, sooo many families destroyed!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 8:19 am […]

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4/4/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/BORDER/DRUGS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Days after threatening to close the U.S. border with Mexico, President Donald Trump suggested Thursday [4-4-19] that his administration would slap tariffs on autos long before it considered sealing the nation off from its southern neighbor. ‘I don’t think we’ll ever have to close the border,’ Trump said in the Oval Office.  Trump’s […]

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4/4/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/BORDER/DRUGS/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump eased off his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, instead giving Mexico a ‘one-year warning’ and threatening to first impose auto tariffs before closing the border. ‘The only thing frankly better, but less drastic than closing the border, is to tariff the cars coming in,’ he told […]

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4/4/2019

DRUGS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Cory Gardner said Thursday [4-4-19] that President Donald Trump told him he’d sign legislation to ensure states can decide for themselves whether to legalize marijuana, but that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell needs some more convincing. The Colorado Republican, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), reintroduced their bicameral bill Thursday. The […]

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4/1/2019

CHINA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China announced on Monday [4-1-19] that it would ban all variants of the powerful opioid fentanyl, a move that could slow the supply of a drug that in recent years has caused tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the United States. By declaring that all varieties of fentanyl are now controlled […]

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3/12/2019

DRUGS/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: While you may never personally become addicted, the chances of knowing someone who struggles with it are high. If you, or someo…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 11:27 am […]

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3/7/2019

CONGRESS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An internal federal government watchdog told Congress on Thursday that it found the White House’s first drug control strategy out of compliance with legal requirements. The Government Accountability Office’s acting Director for Strategic Issues Triana McNeil told a panel of lawmakers the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s 2019 drug […]

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3/6/2019

DRUGS/MELANIA: “In a theater where Barry Manilow revs up shrieking Fanilows and Wayne Newton crooned ‘Danke Schoen,’ first lady Melania Trump took the stage at Westgate Las Vegas Tuesday [3-5-19] to talk opioids at a town hall and to answer questions via social media. On the second day of her two-day trip to the West to […]

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3/5/2019

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Scott has helped us to lower drug prices, get a record number of generic drugs approved and onto the market, and so many other things. He and his talents will be greatly missed!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 5, 2019 3:54 pm  […]

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3/5/2019

DRUGS/MELANIA: “Our great First Lady (@FLOTUS) will be doing a LIVE show TODAY at 1:00 PM PT with the terrific @EricBolling at the @WestgateVegas Resort. She’s on her #BeBest Tour, helping address the #OpioidCrisis. Free admission for the first 1,500 people!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 5, 2019 2:00 pm  […]

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3/4/2019

CHINA/DRUGS: “But I can tell you, I said to President Xi that we cannot let fentanyl into our country. Almost 100 percent comes from China. It’s devastating. As you know, better than I do, it’s devastating. And he has promised to — and they’re in the process of doing — so when I take him […]

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2/22/2020

CHINA/DRUGS: “One of the things that’s so important to me is the fentanyl. And President Xi has agreed to criminalize the sale of fentanyl. Right now, it’s not a criminal product because I guess they call it “industrial,” or they call it something. But it’s not a criminal product. And China has much tougher laws […]

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2/15/2019

CHINA/DRUGS: “And when I asked President Xi, I said, ‘Do you have a drug problem?’ ‘No, no, no.’ I said, ‘You have 1.4 billion people [in China]. What do you mean you have no drug problem?’ ‘No, we don’t have a drug problem.’ I said, ‘Why?’ ‘Death penalty. We give death penalty to people that […]

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2/12/2019

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Americans pay 180 percent of what Europeans, Canadians, and Japanese pay for the exact same drugs! Our seniors aren’t goin…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 12, 2019 9:53 pm […]

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2/7/2019

DRUGS/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania Trump thanked youth anti-drug advocates Thursday [2-7-19] for ‘choosing to step up and be part of the solution’ for reducing drug abuse and addiction…The first lady leads a national campaign called “Be Best” that partly focuses on the opioid crisis, especially babies born dependent on the powerful drugs. Mrs. Trump spoke […]

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2/5/2019

DEMS/DRUGS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump keeps telling Democrats he wants a big bipartisan drug pricing deal. But Democrats don’t believe him — and are rolling out a series of bills that would set the framework for talks far to the left, defying Trump to stand in the way. At the center of that effort […]

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1/31/2019

DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Thursday [1-31-19] proposed an ambitious overhaul of the drug purchasing system in its latest bid to lower the cost of medicines. The Department of Health and Human Services proposed eliminating a legal exemption and making the rebates drugmakers give insurance plans and middlemen in the drug supply chain […]

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1/17/2019

BORDER/DRUGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’In 2018 alone, 20,000 illegal aliens with criminal records were apprehended trying to cross the Border, and there was a 122% increase in fentanyl being smuggled between ports of entry. Last month alone, more than 20,000 minors were smuggled into the U.S.’ @seanhannity” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 17, 2019 9:42 pm  […]

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1/16/2019

BORDER/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “In their ongoing push for $5.7 billion to expand the border wall, Trump administration officials have repeatedly pointed to the flow of drugs across the southern border as proof that such a wall is needed. President Donald Trump has used that line. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has, too. But an […]

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1/7/2019

COURTS/DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal court has rejected President Trump’s first major effort to cut payments for prescription drugs, saying the administration went far beyond its legal authority. The Trump administration made a ‘drastic departure from the statutorily mandated rates’ when it reduced payments to hospitals for drugs given to Medicare beneficiaries in outpatient clinics, […]

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12/13/2018

AGRICULTURE/DRUGS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prepare to see more hemp beer, food, supplements and clothing if President Donald Trump signs the new Farm Bill that would more broadly permit American farmers to grow hemp, which has long been restricted because of its ties to marijuana. Hemp plants are the same species as marijuana but contain virtually none […]

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12/5/2018

CHINA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..considered to be the worst and most dangerous, addictive and deadly substance of them all. Last year over 77,000 people died from Fentanyl. If China cracks down on this ‘horror drug,’ using the Death Penalty for distributors and pushers, the results will be incredible!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 5, 2018 8:51 am […]

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12/5/2018

CHINA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the very exciting things to come out of my meeting with President Xi of China is his promise to me to criminalize the sale of deadly Fentanyl coming into the United States. It will now be considered a ‘controlled substance.’ This could be a game changer on what is…….” -Donald […]

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12/3/2018

BORDER/DEMS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We would save Billions of Dollars if the Democrats would give us the votes to build the Wall. Either way, people will NOT be allowed into our Country illegally! We will close the entire Southern Border if necessary. Also, STOP THE DRUGS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 8:45 am […]

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11/26/2018

DRUGS/MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration proposed on Monday [11-26-18] to cut costs for Medicare by reducing the number of prescription drugs that must be made available to people with cancer, AIDS, depression, schizophrenia and certain other conditions. Under the proposal, health insurance plans that provide drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries would no longer have […]

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11/21/2018

DRUGS/MELANIA: “Liberty University has announced that first lady Melania Trump will participate in a ‘town hall’ discussion at Liberty University next week about the opioid epidemic. Also participating in the Nov. 28 event will be Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Dianna Hart, whose daughter Demi Lovato was […]

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11/16/2018

DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Pfizer is planning to raise prices on 41 drugs in January, a few months after the company agreed to defer hikes under heavy pressure from President Donald Trump. The manufacturer said Friday it would raise the list price of all but four of the drugs by 5%, effective January 15. Three drugs […]

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11/16/2018

DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Drug giant Pfizer announced on Friday [11-15-16] it will increase the list prices of 41 medicines in January, just months after it agreed to temporarily roll back price hikes under pressure from President Donald Trump. Pfizer’s new price increases, which take effect Jan. 15, will apply to 10 percent of its portfolio, […]

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10/25/2018

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Remarks by President Trump on a Year of Historic Progress and Action to Combat the Opioid Crisis’ https://t.co/YBTzMSOozW https://t.co/njGYwHff4t“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 25, 2018 11:21 am […]

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10/24/2018

DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday [10-24-18] to put an ‘extremely big dent’ in the scourge of drug addiction in America as he signed legislation intended to help tackle the opioid crisis, the deadliest epidemic of overdoses in the country’s history. Nearly 48,000 people died last year from overdoses involving opioids. Overall, […]

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10/24/2018

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump will sign a 660-page bipartisan bill to address the opioid crisis during an event at the White House showcasing his administration’s work on the issue. Who will be there: The bill’s chief architects, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden and Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander. Sens. […]

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10/24/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Medical treatment would be more widely available to opioid abusers, while mailing illicit drugs would become more difficult under a rare bipartisan measure aimed at tackling the nation’s addiction crisis expected to be signed into law on Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a year more typically marked by partisan gridlock, […]

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10/23/2018

CONGRESS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will tout his response to the opioid crisis when he signs a sweeping bipartisan bill this week, but other drug-related deaths are on the rise and little is being done to address the broader scourge of addiction. Fatalities from misuse of methamphetamine, cocaine and benzodiazapines have surged while Washington’s […]

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10/16/2018

DRUGS/HHS/MELANIA/PENNSYLVANIA: “First lady Melania Trump will travel to Philadelphia to meet with families of children who were affected by exposure to opioids while in the womb. Mrs. Trump is being joined on her Wednesday [10-17-18] visit to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. The hospital has provided care […]

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10/15/2018

DEMS/DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is already signaling one area where he might reach across the aisle if Democrats take control of the House in 2019. ‘If there is anything bipartisan, it’s lowering drug prices,’ Trump said Wednesday, while signing two drug price transparency bills. Taking action has broad populist appeal, resonating with the […]

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10/15/2018

DRUGS/HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vowing to put American patients first, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Monday blasted the pharmaceutical industry for not doing enough to bring down drug prices and announced what he called ‘historic action’: a proposal requiring drug manufacturers to include the list price of any drug paid for by […]

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10/12/2018

DRUGS/HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will require drug companies to post their list prices in consumer ads under a proposal to be announced next week — a prominent part of its drug price agenda, according to four individuals with knowledge of the plan. The move — which follows months of battles between the administration, […]

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9/26/2018

DRUGS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/MEDICAID/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House and Senate have reached agreement on a big package of measures to address the opioid epidemic. The legislation, backed by leaders of both parties, is a rare bipartisan achievement that lawmakers are eager to have in hand when they go home to campaign for the midterm elections. The 653-page […]

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9/24/2018

CHINA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “One man will dominate proceedings at the United Nations General Assembly this week: Donald Trump. But the man who has become, in more ways than ever, the most important man in U.N. politics—Chinese President Xi Jinping—won’t be there. While Trump is set to spend three days lecturing other leaders on issues from […]

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9/24/2018

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Remarks by President Trump at ‘Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem’ Event’ #UNGA ➡️https://t.co/kvUZegWdlH https://t.co/BGdrQeZuId“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:17 am […]

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9/20/2018

DRUGS/NIKKI HALEY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump will call for global action on the world drug problem, lay out his vision of the U.S. role in the world, and urge a halt to the spread of weapons of mass destruction during next week’s gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. Nikki Haley, the […]

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9/17/2018

DRUGS/PHARMA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Americans deserve to know the lowest drug price at their pharmacy, but ‘gag clauses’ prevent your pharmacist from telling you! I support legislation that will remove gag clauses and urge the Senate to act. #AmericanPatientsFirst” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 17, 2018 1:10 pm […]

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8/28/2018

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Last August, Jon Fowlkes told his wife he planned to kill himself. The former law enforcement officer was in constant pain after his doctor had abruptly cut off the twice-a-day OxyContin that had helped him endure excruciating back pain from a motorcycle crash almost two decades ago that had left him nearly […]

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8/24/2018

DRUGS/PHARMA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great to see the Senate working on solutions to end the secrecy around ridiculously high drug prices, something I called for in my drug pricing Blueprint. Will now work with the House to help American patients! #AmericanPatientsFirst” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 24, 2018 7:40 pm […]

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8/22/2018

CHINA/DRUGS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEXICO/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced another crackdown on Wednesday [8-22-18] on opioids, targeting doctors and drug dealers alike in cases that spanned physicians’ offices in Ohio, drugmakers in China and online black markets…His announcement came a week after President Trump asked Mr. Sessions during a cabinet meeting at the White House […]

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8/20/2018

CHINA/DRUGS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is outrageous that Poisonous Synthetic Heroin Fentanyl comes pouring into the U.S. Postal System from China. We can, and must, END THIS NOW! The Senate should pass the STOP ACT – and firmly STOP this poison from killing our children and destroying our country. No more delay!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]

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8/20/2018

DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said it was within his agency’s power to eliminate rebates on prescription drug purchases, a key element of the Trump administration’s plan to lower prescription medicine costs. Such rebates are negotiated in the United States by pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) to lower the cost […]

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7/19/2018

DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to Novartis for not increasing your prices on prescription drugs. Likewise to Pfizer. We are making a big push to actually reduce the prices, maybe substantially, on prescription drugs.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2018 5:23 am […]

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7/18/2018

DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Novartis, the Swiss drugmaker, said Wednesday [7-18-18] that it would not raise prices on its products in the United States for the rest of 2018, joining Pfizer, which delayed its increases last week after President Trump singled out the company for criticism. Novartis’s chief executive, Vas Narasimhan, said during an earnings call […]

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7/9/2018

DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Pfizer & others should be ashamed that they have raised drug prices for no reason. They are merely taking advantage of the poor & others unable to defend themselves, while at the same time giving bargain basement prices to other countries in Europe & elsewhere. We will respond!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July […]

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7/3/2018

DRUGS/HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump in May said that drugmakers would soon announce ‘massive’ price cuts, and his administration rolled out a plan to bring down the cost of medicines. But the companies don’t appear to have gotten that message. Bayer raised the price of two cancer drugs by hundreds of dollars in May […]

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6/25/2018

COLOMBIA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Colombian coca cultivation rose again in 2017, reaching a new high, according to an official U.S. assessment released Monday [6-25-18] that is likely to fuel fresh consternation against a key Latin American ally. Coca cultivation increased 11% to 209,000 hectares (516,450 acres) from 188,000 hectares (464,558 acres) in 2016, growing for a […]

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6/10/2018

DRUGS/JEF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed to use federal law to get tough on marijuana, announcing in January he was ending Obama-era protections for the nascent pot industry in states where it is legal. Six months into his mission, he is largely going it alone. Mr. Sessions’ own prosecutors have yet to bring […]

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5/30/2018

DRUGS/FDA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signed the ‘Right to Try Act’ Wednesday [5-30-18], a measure aimed at helping terminally ill patients access drug treatments that are yet to be fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Trump, at a White House ceremony surrounded by patients and families who will be affected by the […]

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5/30/2018

DRUGS/HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [5-3018] said he expects major drug companies to slash prices on their products in two weeks, but did not provide details on which companies would do so or the means by which they would provide such reductions…A Health and Human Services Department (HHS) spokeswoman said the agency […]

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5/22/2018

DRUGS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Patients with life-threatening conditions would get the right to try unproven drugs under legislation that passed Tuesday [5-22-18] in the House and now goes to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. The passage of the so-called Right to Try bill, in a 250-169 vote, ends months of […]

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5/14/2018

DRUGS/MEDICARE/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration hit back on Monday [5-14-18] against critics of President Trump’s plan to reduce prescription drug prices, saying his ideas would be far more effective than remedies championed by Democrats. Democrats have long supported two proposals that Mr. Trump endorsed during the 2016 presidential campaign. The government, they say, should […]

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5/14/2018

DRUGS/MEDICARE/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering expanding Medicare’s ability to negotiate the cost of drugs by giving private payers a role in setting the price of medicines administered in hospitals and doctors’ offices, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday [5-14-18]. Azar’s comments provided more details on the plan announced […]

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5/11/2018

DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American people deserve a healthcare system that takes care of them – not one that takes advantage of them. We will work every day to ensure all Americans have access to the quality, affordable medication they need and deserve. We will not rest until the job is done! https://t.co/9BzevAniNx” –Donald Trump, […]

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5/11/2018

DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, my Administration is launching the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American People. We will have tougher negotiation, more competition, and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter! https://t.co/xdakX43a4d” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2018 2:30 pm […]

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5/11/2018

DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [5-11-18] blasted drugmakers and healthcare ‘middlemen’ for making prescription drugs unaffordable for Americans, but healthcare stocks rose as experts said the administration avoided taking aggressive and direct measures to cut drug prices. Trump said his administration would take aim at the ‘middlemen’ in the drug industry […]

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5/10/2018

DRUGS/MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will lay out on Friday [5-11-18] a broad strategy to reduce prescription drug prices, but in a break from one of his most popular campaign promises, he will not call for Medicare to negotiate lower prices with drug manufacturers, senior administration officials said. The White House will issue a blueprint […]

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