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Which pharma advertising did President Trump lambaste on Twitter? Good question

President Donald Trump slammed “Big Pharma” TV ads on Twitter, the morning after pharma executives turned down his White House invite. But the ad that sparked his ire might not be a pharma commercial after all. While the president may have been upset by the pharma executives’ rejection, a TV ad created by the Pharmaceutical Care… Read More »

Trump announces series of executive orders aimed at lowering drug costs

U.S. President Donald Trump is seated prior to signing an executive order regarding social media companies in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 28, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump announced Friday he will sign four executive orders aimed at lowering the high cost of prescription drugs in the… Read More »

Trump Knocks Peter Navarro’s Controversial Op-Ed Attacking Fauci

TOPLINE President Trump spoke out Wednesday against White House trade advisor Peter Navarro’s USA Today op-ed attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci that drew blistering criticism Wednesday morning, as academics, politicians and medical experts rallied behind the country’s top infectious diseases expert for the second time in under a week. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro and… Read More »

Federal Agency Halts Studies of Hydroxychloroquine, Drug Trump Promoted

The National Institutes of Health said Saturday that it had stopped two clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug that President Trump promoted to treat and prevent the coronavirus, one because the drug was unlikely to be effective and the other because not enough patients signed up to participate. The agency halted a trial that… Read More »

Joe Biden sees surge in health-care industry fundraising as Trump slumps in polls over coronavirus response

Joe Biden has seen a surge in support from health-care professionals as President Donald Trump struggles to bring in cash from those working in an industry under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.  The apparent Democratic nominee for president is ahead of Trump not just in many national polls but also in financial support from individuals… Read More »