TAPP in DC Journal: On Drugs, Is Trump Tired of Winning or What?

Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity Executive Director Kent Kaiser, Ph.D., penned an op-ed for the DC Journal/Inside Sources today, “On Drugs, Is Trump Tired of Winning or What?” In the op-ed, TAPP explains why President Trump’s Most-Favored-Nation drug pricing scheme would be bad for American pharmaceutical innovation and for patients.

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Ainsley Shea
TAPP Urges Lawmakers to Support PBM Reforms

On Thursday, July 24, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission, along with the Department of Commerce and the Department of Health and Human Services, hosted their second of three listening sessions as part of implementing President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First.

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TAPP Responds to USTR “Request for Comments Regarding Foreign Nations Freeloading on American-Financed Innovation”

The Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity recently responded to the U.S. Trade Representative’s “Request for Comments Regarding Foreign Nations Freeloading on American-Financed Innovation,” which the USTR issued pursuant Executive Order 14297, titled Delivering Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients. TAPP took the opportunity to highlight the detrimental effects of implementing an MFN scheme…

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TAPP Submits Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients

On April 15, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients, including finished drug products, medical countermeasures, critical inputs such as active pharmaceutical ingredients, and key starting materials, and derivative products of those items. The Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity submitted comments in response to the agency’s request…

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President Trump Signals Support of Tariff Exemptions to Help American Companies, Consistent with Voter Sentiment

The imposition of wide-ranging and heavy-handed tariffs that run contrary to Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity (TAPP) principles notwithstanding, President Trump deserves credit for at least expressing the intention to provide exemptions to U.S. companies so they can compete internationally. This intent is consistent with sentiments expressed by the overwhelming majority of 1,000 American voters recently surveyed by Fabrizio Lee & Associates (the president’s own pollster) on behalf of TAPP…

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