Drug prices Drug manufacturers and other trade industry experts have warned that the new proposal could actually raise drug prices. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Reining in the high cost of prescription drugs has been a major aim of the Trump administration, marked most notably by the president’s 2018 “Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices” directive. Since then, the administration has rolled out numerous orders and regulations aimed at bringing reform to the pharmaceutical industry–only to be met with resistance at nearly every turn.

Though many of those initiatives have been slow to get started or stalled by legal challenges, a new executive order from President Trump requiring the government to buy certain drugs from American factories could have some teeth. As reported by Stat News, as much as 90% of the country’s supply of generic drugs is manufactured abroad.


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Emily Payne

Emily Payne is the current deputy editor for ALM's Business & Finance Markets and former managing editor for BenefitsPRO. A Wisconsin native, she has spent the past decade writing and editing for various athletic and fitness publications. She holds an English degree and Business certificate from the University of Wisconsin.

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