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The drug-pricing initiative has been one of the administration\u2019s top political priorities ahead of this year\u2019s midterm elections. <\/strong><\/p>

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President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx. Administration officials launched the website in February. (Alex Brandon\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

President Donald Trump on Monday announced that about 600 low-cost generic drugs would be available through TrumpRx.gov<\/a>, a government website aimed at helping Americans purchase medications at discounted prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy incorporating this massive catalog of low-cost generics at TrumpRx.gov, consumers will now have one source to ensure that they\u2019re getting the lowest possible cost on their prescription,\u201d Trump said in a presentation at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.<\/p>\n

Trump officials launched the website<\/a> in February, touting discounts that the administration had secured for drugs that treat infertility, obesity and other conditions as part of a year-long pressure campaign<\/a> to extract pricing concessions from pharmaceutical companies. Some outside experts have hailed the website\u2019s potential but said its impact so far has been limited.<\/p>\n

Trump was flanked Monday by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other deputies. He was also joined by executives from Amazon Pharmacy, Cost Plus Drugs and GoodRx, who said they would integrate their own companies\u2019 services to sell prescription drugs with TrumpRx.gov. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans want cheaper drugs, independents want cheaper drugs, Democrats want cheaper drugs, and together I think we\u2019re going to do something special,\u201d said Mark Cuban, the co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs and a prominent critic of Trump during the 2024 election.<\/p>

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\u201cHe said, \u2018This is something that really works.\u2019 \u2026 He had to believe that if he said it about me,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s drug-pricing initiative has been one of his top political priorities ahead of this year\u2019s midterm elections. Trump and his aides have used tariff threats, promised expedited federal drug reviews and other leverage in negotiations with drug company executives. They have also pressed foreign leaders to raise their own countries\u2019 drug prices to help absorb global research and development costs, in an initiative dubbed \u201cMost Favored Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Voters have identified health care costs as their top economic concern<\/a> heading into this year\u2019s midterm elections, according to polling conducted by KFF, a nonpartisan health care think tank and polling organization. Trump\u2019s advisers have also urged him and Republicans to tout their work to lower drug prices in an effort to win over independent voters.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s deputies used the event to lavish praise on the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are some of the most affordable brand name drugs in America, made possible thanks to our president\u2019s legendary deal making,\u201d Gebbia said.<\/p>

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This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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