Trumprx Launched: Trump and Pfizer Strike Deal to Slash Us Drug Prices by up to 85%

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : President Donald Trump has unveiled a sweeping new initiative with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer aimed at cutting prescription drug costs for millions of Americans.
39% : 'In case after case, our citizens pay massively higher prices than other nations pay for the same exact pill, from the same factory, effectively subsidising socialism abroad with skyrocketing prices at home,' Trump said in remarks quoted in the press release.
38% : According to the White House, the initiative is designed to end what Trump has described as a system where 'foreign nations can no longer use price controls to freeride on American innovation'.
29% : 'President Trump is delivering on promises for American patients that the political establishment did not believe were possible,' the White House said, adding that the deal covers over 100 million patients treated with Pfizer medicines.
27% : Trump unveils TrumpRx deal with Pfizer to cut US drug prices by up to 85%, with $70bn pledged for American-based research and manufacturing.
26% : For now, Trump is framing the deal as proof of delivering on a campaign pledge to lower drug costs.

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