Trump Emphasizes Foreign Drug Prices At Alex Azar's Swearing In

HHS secretary will get US drug prices 'way down … because it’s very unfair to our country,' president says. Also, 'we’re going to be very tough' on drug companies in combating the opioid crisis, Trump says.

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President Trump's remarks during the swearing-in ceremony for Alex Azar to become HHS secretary underscore the continuing political risks that the pharmaceutical industry faces even as one of its own now heads the Department of Health and Human Services.

Azar, who previously served as HHS deputy secretary and then president of the US division of Eli Lilly &...

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