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Trump hasn’t attacked drug prices like he promised during his first year in office

January 19, 2018

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Donald Trump raged against the pharmaceutical industry as a candidate. He accused drug companies of “getting away with murder” as president-elect. But he hasn’t done too much to tackle prices as president — yet.

Trump has occasionally criticized high drug prices, but he hasn’t taken any executive actions to lower them. A wave of companies hiked prices at the turn of the new year, keeping the increases around 10 percent, a move Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer told CNBC worries him will prompt regulation.

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