The Trump administration’s drug deals, explained

In the closing months of 2025, President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape how Americans pay for prescription drugs has taken clearer form. What started as a campaign threat to slap tariffs on pharmaceutical imports has evolved into a series of deals with some of the world’s largest drugmakers — and a promise that patients in […]

STAT+: Medicaid’s ‘GENEROUS’ pricing may not save states money

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Morning, morning. Today, we have a trio of interesting studies on cholesterol reduction from the American Heart Association’s meeting in New Orleans. Also, Pfizer wins the Metsera deal with $10 billion, and we look […]

Does Trump’s MFN Policy Put Pharma ETFs in the Crosshairs?

Pharma giants Eli Lily (LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) have signed deals with U.S. President Donald Trump to slash the prices of some of their obesity drugs, including upcoming pills, as per a White House announcement made late last week. This comes as part of the Trump administration’s Most-Favored-Nation (“MFN”) drug pricing policy that aims […]

STAT+: Is the White House’s deal with pharma on GLP-1 drugs a game changer? 

President Trump last week hailed his deal with pharma companies to cut the price of blockbuster weight loss drugs as a major win for his administration and for increasing drug affordability. The question is how big of a difference the agreement will make for patients. The deal is expected to significantly expand access to GLP-1 […]