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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Drug price cuts: what is Trump planning and what will it mean for big pharma?

Prescription drugs on a shelf at a pharmacy
The US currently pays by far the most for its medications. Photograph: Allison Dinner/EPA

Donald Trump has used his executive powers to order sweeping cuts to the price of prescription drugs in the US, in an effort to bring them in line with other developed countries.

The plans, first announced in a social media post on Sunday, triggered a sharp fall in drugmakers’ share prices on Monday. However, these later reversed amid growing scepticism that the shake-up would be as severe as promised.

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