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First Steps in Implementing the Trump Administration’s Price Transparency Agenda

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Recently, the Trump administration took steps toward implementing one of its major priorities: improving price transparency. As discussed in a previous Regs & Eggs blog post, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) on...more

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White House raises more questions than answers in Executive Order directing Most Favored Nation drug pricing

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On May 12, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Delivering Most Favored Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients.” The EO directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to...more

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HHS Under the Second Trump Administration

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On February 11, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14210, Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative, which instructed the newly formed Department of...more

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HHS Releases Four Major Rules to Lower Drug Prices, Amend Anti-Kickback and Stark Laws

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued four major rules on Nov. 20, 2020, which was the final day for the Trump Administration to issue a rule with a 60-day implementation period for it to take effect...more

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Summary of Trump Administration Drug Pricing and AKS Rulemakings and Implications for Life Sciences Companies and Health Care...

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On Friday, November 20, 2020, 60 calendar days prior to the inauguration of President-Elect Biden, the Trump administration released three rulemakings with significant implications for life sciences companies and healthcare...more

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White House Directs HHS to Model “Most-Favored-Nation” Price Caps for Part B and D Drugs

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On September 13, 2020, the White House issued an Executive Order titled “Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First” (the Executive Order), which directed the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services...more

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Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Tying Domestic Drug Prices to Foreign Prices

President Trump has followed through on his threat to pharmaceutical manufacturers, signing new executive orders on Sunday that take a preliminary step toward the President’s goal of tying domestic drug prices to the prices...more

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Administration Finally Releases Proposed Drug Importation Policies for Stakeholder and Public Comments

At the end of July 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jointly published the Safe Importation Action Plan, which outlined the Trump Administration’s two-part...more

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CY 2020 OPPS Proposed Rule – HHS Seeks Comments on 340B Payment Reductions and Remedies

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This past week, CMS confirmed it will continue the 2018 and 2019 underpayment policy for certain 340B covered entities unless the D.C. Court of Appeals upholds the lower court’s ruling that it is unlawful. In that case, CMS...more

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Will FDA be forced to implement a drug importation program?

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Over a year ago, HHS Secretary Alex Azar requested that FDA establish a working group to explore how drug importation “could help address price hikes and supply disruptions.” The FDA working group was not assigned the task of...more

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Court Invalidates Final Rule Requiring Advertisements to List Drug Prices Finding that CMS Exceeded Its Statutory Authority

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In a much anticipated decision, a federal judge ruled this week that the Trump Administration’s rule requiring drug manufacturers to list drug prices in television advertisements exceeds the agency’s authority. Back in May...more

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Proposed Revisions To The Anti-Kickback Regulatory Discount Safe Harbor: What Does This Mean For The Drug Industry And For Your...

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Continuing the Trump administration’s efforts to lower drug prices and reduce patient out-of-pocket costs, on February 6,2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“HHS”) released a...more

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TV Drug Commercials Must Disclose the Drug's List Price if HHS Adopts Proposed Rule

We are all familiar with prescription drug television commercials where it sounds like they hired a professional auctioneer to recite the drug side effects so fast you can hardly understand them....more

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