{"id":1002938,"date":"2018-11-16T17:50:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T21:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002938"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:13:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:13:06","slug":"pfizer-to-raise-prices-after-trump-falsely-claimed-credit-for-lowering-them-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/pfizer-to-raise-prices-after-trump-falsely-claimed-credit-for-lowering-them-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer To Raise Prices After Trump Falsely Claimed Credit For Lowering Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s clear Trump has failed to lower drug prices or stand up to the pharmaceutical industry as he promised.<\/p>\n

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THEN: Trump falsely claimed credit for Pfizer \u201clowering\u201d drug prices.<\/p>\n

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Trump<\/a>: \u201cPfizer and Novartis and others cut the price after I called them, and cut it very substantially.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump: \u201cYou saw a month ago when the drug companies rose their prices very substantially and I said, \u2018Get me the name of the head of Pfizer and Novartis,\u2019 and I made some calls. And they immediately dropped their price.\u201d [Trump Remarks At A Make America Great Again Rally, Macon GA, 11\/4\/18]<\/p>\n

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Trump: \u201cI want to thank Pfizer, Novartis, and others. We called them. We said you got to reduce the price of your drugs, and they did. They didn’t do the increase.\u201d [Trump Remarks At A Make America Great Again Rally, Cleveland OH, 11\/5\/18]<\/p>\n

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NOW: Pfizer will raise prices on about 10% of its products next year.<\/p>\n

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Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cPfizer Inc., the U.S.\u2019s biggest drugmaker, will raise prices on about 10 percent of its pharmaceutical products next year after briefly halting such increases at the request of President Donald Trump earlier this year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s clear Trump has failed to lower drug prices or stand up to the pharmaceutical industry as he promised.   THEN: Trump falsely claimed credit for Pfizer \u201clowering\u201d drug prices. 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