As Trump Touts 9 New Prescription Drug Deals, Many Call for Systemic Reform

“Starting next year, American drug prices will come down fast and furious and will soon be the lowest in the developed world,” President Donald Trump claimed Friday as the White House announced agreements with nine pharmaceutical manufacturers. The administration struck most favored nation (MFN) pricing deals with Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences…
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Big Pharma Is Making Mexico Sick. Medicine and Supply Shortages Are Rampant.

The U.S. has the highest medical and health care costs in the world — a reality that is driving 1.2 million medical tourists from there to Mexico each year, where up-front costs are lower. Yet for Mexicans whose wages or incomes are many times lower, living in the country with the most expensive medicine in Latin America presents an obstacle to treatment. Mexico faces serious…
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