The rule is the first move by regulators to implement a blueprint to lower drug prices laid out last year by President Donald Trump. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Pharmaceutical companies will have to disclose drug prices in television commercials in the U.S. for the first time, as the Trump administration begins to put in place a plan to lower prescription costs.
The Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule Wednesday that would require drugmakers to disclose a drug's cost if its price before rebates and discounts is above $35 for a month's supply or the usual course of therapy. The rule is the first move by regulators to implement a blueprint to lower drug prices laid out last year by President Donald Trump.
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