Will TrumpRx actually lower drug prices?
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.2 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Discounted prices will be offered at TrumpRx – a new direct-to-consumer website launching next year. It's a result of deals President Trump recently cut with pharmaceutical giants like Pfizer and AstraZeneca. But who really benefits?
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| 1:11.6 | On September 30th, President Trump made an announcement at the White House that he said was, quote, |
| 1:17.2 | one of the biggest medical announcements that this office has ever made. |
| 1:21.7 | The American consumers have been subsidizing research and development costs for the entire planet. |
| 1:27.5 | They put all of that on us, and yet they were the beneficiaries, too. |
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| 1:33.9 | The president announced that one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies |
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