Trump claims Pfizer deal will cut drug prices by '300% or more'
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
September 30, 2025
President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that his deal with Pfizer would slash drug prices by “300% or more,” a mathematically impossible claim. The agreement, according to CNBC, trades a three-year suspension of tariffs for the pharmaceutical giant’s pledge to build U.S. manufacturing plants, with Trump hyping the announcement as “one of the biggest things that we’ll do.”
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