Drug Pricing And The Trump Effect: How To Make A High Profile Hearing Vanish
Executive Summary
Without President Trump’s focus on drug pricing, it is hard to imagine that seven top industry executives would have had to face a grilling in the US Senate Finance Committee. But they can also thank Trump’s indiscretions for helping ensure that the hearing was barely even a one-day story.
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