Mastodawn

I’m all for lower drug prices, but this will hurt #patients most.

#Trump sets 100% #drug #tariffs on companies that haven’t lowered prices 
Makers of patented #pharmaceuticals can escape the import tax by agreeing to join Trump’s “most favored nation” program to reduce US drug prices or by establishing new factories to serve the #US market….

#law #extortion #medicine #prescriptions #treatments #therapies #access #availability
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/02/tariffs-drugs-pharma-trump/

Trump sets 100% drug tariffs on companies that haven’t lowered prices

President Donald Trump took two actions Thursday to adjust his evolving tariff regime: a 100 percent tariff on some imported drugs and adjusting his levies on industrial metals.

The Washington Post

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Nonilex 1d ago

Companies that agree to build new US plants will face 20% tariffs during construction, which must be completed before #Trump leaves office [impossible]. The admin expects “the lion’s share” of patented drugs consumed by Americans to be produced in the #US.

#law #MafiaState #extortion #medicine #prescriptions #treatments #therapies #access #availability

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maya_b 🇨🇦

@Nonilex

so $4k/month ozempic. cool cool.