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Trump deadline for drugmakers to lower prices comes due

By Sydney Lupkin
Published September 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM CDT

The Trump administration sent letters this summer to 17 makers of name-brand drugs pushing them to lower prices to align them with what other countries pay. The companies had 60 days to "step up."

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Sydney Lupkin
Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR.
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