President Trump to unveil TrumpRx website he says will help Americans buy lower-priced prescription drugs
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President Donald Trump on Thursday night is unveiling his TrumpRx website in an event at the White House.
Trump will make the announcement at 7 p.m. ET alongside Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and National Design Studio Director Joe Gebbia.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, at a press briefing earlier Thursday, called TrumpRx “a state-of-the-art website for American consumers to purchase low-cost prescription drugs.”
“This historic announcement will save millions of Americans their hard-earned money,” Leavitt said.
Trump first revealed his administration’s goal of launching the website back in September when he announced that Pfizer had agreed to lower its prices for prescription drugs offered through Medicaid.
He hailed it as part of his administration’s “most favored nation” push to pressure companies to charge U.S. patients the same rate as they do in other countries.
The administration also negotiated deals with Ely Lilly and Novo Nordisk to offer some of their weight loss drugs at a lower price through TrumpRx, the president announced in November.
The companies have since lowered prices on a voluntary basis before the launch.
