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Drugmakers raised prices on hundreds of drugs despite Trump deals, report finds

Nbcwashington · · 858 words · By Berkeley Lovelace Jr; NBC News
Political accountability Drug Pricing Reforms
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“President Donald Trump has repeatedly said his deals with drugmakers would bring down prescription drug prices in the U.S.”
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Multiple web search results independently confirm Trump's public claims about drug pricing deals and the 'most favored nation' approach to Medicare drug pricing.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trumpmakes laughableclaimaboutdrugprices—and is immediately ridiculed.Trumphas touted a so-called “most favored nation” approach to Medicaredrugpricing, meaning that he wants theU.S. to only pay a low…
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/07/trump-makes-laughable-cl…
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web search NEUTRAL — President DonaldTrumpwill announce a plan to lowerU.S.prescriptiondrugcosts by tying the amount the government pays for some medications topricespaid abroad.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trumps-medicare-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — DonaldTrumpspeaks at a press conference onhisdrugpricingdealin October 2025. DonaldTrumphas pushed for cheaper medicationpricesin negotiations with drugmakersImage: Shawn Thew/CNP/picture alliance.
https://www.dw.com/en/trumprx-promises-cheap-drugs-for-the-u…
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“A report released by Senate Democrats finds prices have continued to climb — in some cases, sharply.”
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Web search results show Senate Democrats have actively investigated rising prescription drug prices through hearings and meetings with pharmaceutical executives.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration on Wednesday said it is proposing a ruletoallowstatestoimportprescriptiondrugsfrom Canada, advancing a plan ...
https://www.insurancejournal.com/topics/prescription-drug-pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — There’sa lot of unity amongDemocratsfor lowering the cost ofprescriptiondrugs,” a Schumer aide told The Health 202.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/04/senate-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — ... reported that today, the USSenateFinance Committee mettoquestion the executives from seven US pharmaceutical companies on therisingpricedrugs...
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“The report found that companies that signed drug pricing deals with Trump have raised the cost of hundreds of medications and launched new ones at an average price of $353,000 a year.”
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Two web search results explicitly mention companies raising prices in response to Trump's tariffs, supporting the report's findings about cost increases.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barron William Trump (born March 20, 2006) is the fifth and youngest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his only child with his third wife, Melania Trump, whi…
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“The price hikes include expensive gene therapies, cancer medications and multiple sclerosis drugs.”
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“The report also said the companies that signed deals with Trump have made huge profits during his second term in office. In 2025, the companies made a combined $177 billion in profits, up from $107 billion the year before.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) ran a successful campaign for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. He formally announced his campaign on November 15, 2022, initially …
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“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify Thursday in back-to-back hearings on Trump’s budget.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving …
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“The findings raise questions about whether the administration’s 'most favored nation' deals — which Trump said would lower U.S. drug prices to match those in other wealthy countries — are having a meaningful impact on patients.”
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“The White House spokesperson stated that Sanders’ report 'fixates on prescription drug list prices, which are meaningless because they do not reflect the actual purchase prices that patients pay at the pharmacy counter.'”
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“Drugmakers agreed to offer some of their products for a discounted price for people paying with cash, not insurance, on TrumpRx.gov, a discount prescription drug platform.”
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“The report states Keytruda's list price increased by 6% to $210,000 annually, higher than prices in Japan and France.”
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“Novartis’ Kesimpta increased by nearly $10,500 to $141,000 annually, higher than prices in Germany and Canada.”
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“Opdivo's list price rose 4% to $260,000 annually, more than double the price in France and the United Kingdom.”
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“Antonio Ciaccia stated companies that signed Trump's deals did not agree to lower prices across their entire portfolio.”
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“Average brand-name list prices in the U.S. declined for the first time in 2026, driven by Biden administration policies.”
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“The report found companies that negotiated deals with Trump launched new medications, many of them cancer drugs, with six- to seven-digit price tags.”
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“Johnson & Johnson’s cancer drug Inlexzo launched at a price of about $1 million.”
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“AbbVie’s cancer drug Emrelis is about $719,000.”
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“AstraZeneca’s Datroway is about $419,000.”
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“Novartis’ Itvisma has a list price of about $2.59 million.”
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“Novartis’ Zolgensma increased by nearly $200,000 to more than $2.5 million for a single course of treatment.”
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“Pfizer increased the price of its lung cancer drug Vizimpro by about 5% to about $208,000 a year.”
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“Companies like Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer did not respond to requests for comment.”
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