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Trump lists 50 steps to reduce drug prices

President Donald Trump has unveiled a drug-pricing blueprint that he claims will increase industry competition while reducing the sky-high costs of medicines.

In a speech delivered in the White House Rose Garden on 11 May, Trump unveiled a list of 50 actions that he said would reduce the prices Americans pay for medicines.

The measures include: requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose prices in their advertising; offering free generics to low-income seniors; and passing on to consumers more of the savings when insurers negotiate bulk-buy discounts from drug companies.

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