President Donald Trump met with pharmaceutical CEOs Tuesday in the White House. The president urged the drug makers to get prices down on life-saving drugs.
CNBC reported:
“We have to get the prices way down,” Trump said.
“We have to get lower prices, we have to get even better innovation, and I want you to move your companies back to the United States. I want you to manufacture in the United States.”
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“You have to get your companies back here, we have to make products back” here, Trump said.
The CEOs of Merck, Amgen, Eli Lilly, Novartis and Johnson & Johnson, as well as the head of the trade group PhRMA participated in the discussions.
After the meeting the CEOs praised President Trump on his plans.
Via Varney and Co.:
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