Trump, Pfizer
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Pfizer has agreed to offer significantly discounted prices for some prescription drugs for all American consumers and has committed to offer prescription medications to Medicaid at lower prices, President Trump announced Tuesday.
Pfizer's concessions look benign on its own earnings — but for peers, the deal is a red flag. UnitedHealth faces PBM margin risk, Eli Lilly gets a short-term pop with a long-term leash, and CVS may see its retail and PBM dominance chipped away.
The White House also said it plans to unveil a new website, dubbed TrumpRx, to allow direct-to-consumers sales of drugs. Trump, in a Sept. 30 announcement from the Oval Office, said all new Pfizer medications introduced to the U.S. market will be sold at ...