U.S. President Donald Trump participates successful a bilateral gathering with Finland's President Alexander Stubb (not pictured), successful the Oval bureau astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 9, 2025.
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The Trump medication and AstraZeneca person reached an statement for the U.K.-based pharmaceutical elephantine to chopped cause prices successful the U.S., MSNBC reported Friday.
The woody with AstraZeneca would travel a akin pact with U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, which was announced precocious past month.
President Donald Trump and AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot volition denote the statement during a White House lawsuit connected Friday, MSNBC reported, citing a White House official. AstraZeneca volition hold to merchantability drugs straight to Medicaid patients astatine the lowest terms offered successful different developed countries, oregon what Trump calls "most-favored nation" pricing, connected a coming authorities website called TrumpRx.gov, according to MSNBC.
Pfizer agreed to akin presumption with the Trump medication and received a three-year exemption from pharmaceutical assemblage tariffs arsenic portion of the agreement, connected the information that it continued to put successful U.S. manufacturing.
It is unclear if the woody with AstraZeneca would besides see specified a carveout.
AstraZeneca successful July said it would put $50 billion successful the U.S. by 2030. The institution announced further details astir those plans Friday up of the reported pricing woody announcement.
Trump has pushed drugmakers to chopped prices and physique retired manufacturing successful the U.S., arsenic sky-high costs for medicines comparative to different developed countries irk voters crossed the governmental spectrum. As his medication threatened pharmaceutical companies with tariffs arsenic precocious arsenic 250% successful caller months, galore drugmakers announced important investments successful the U.S.
Trump has said helium aims to onslaught pricing deals with different large drugmakers successful the weeks ahead.
"If we don't marque a deal, we're going to tariff them," helium said precocious past period arsenic helium announced the Pfizer agreement.
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