Medical care negotiations on drug prices can occur closer to the pills than many of the drugs that are injected.
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President Trump signed an executive measure on Tuesday aimed at reducing the prices of the prescribed drugs for the Americans.
A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters before signing that this step will include “providing less prices for the elderly” and improving the medicare pharmaceutical negotiation program, which was created under the inflation reduction law in 2022.
“We are confident that we will empty the Biden administration’s savings in the first year,” the official said.
Since the number of drugs under negotiation increases every year, larger savings have been overcome over time in the law. Medical care has been negotiated 10 drug prices In 2024, it will negotiate 15 last this yearIncluding OzemPIC, popular diabetes medicine at a standard price About $ 1,000 per month.
Any periods of price cuts will take time
But consumers will have to wait to see the results. The low medical care prices in the Biden administration will not take place until 2026. The prices of the new round of negotiations will not be available by the Trump administration until 2027.
If the administration applies the customs tariff to the drugs and ingredients used to make medicines locally, consumers can push more to many medications. A Monday’s federal notice was submitted He said the Minister of Commerce is investigating the effects of national security for the import of medicines and drug components. The results can be a premise of definitions.
The official said the administration will revive a program from the first Trump state to give insulin to low -income individuals, including those who do not have insurance. In some cases, the official said that patients will pay 3 cents vials, in addition to small administrative fees, for insulin; The official said that the injection melapine will cost $ 15 for automatic injection under the program.
“The president takes advantage of the current programs to provide meaningful cost savings here,” the official said.
The procedure directs the Food and Drug Administration to facilitate approval of the country import programs and simplify the approval of low -cost generational and biological drugs. So far, only one state, Florida, has obtained the approval of the FDA to import low -cost drugs from another country like Canada. According to November news reportIt has not started yet.
Biology pills for biology
The official added that the procedure will seek to address the drug negotiation program in Medicare because it applies to the drugs of small molecules – which include most medical pill such as statins and blood pressure treatments – versus the most complex biological drugs, such as the pioneering rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
Under the current law, small molecular drugs are qualified to negotiate medical care seven years after the approval of the FDA; For biology, negotiations are not allowed up to 11 years after approval.
This creates a “balanced imbalance” that causes companies to invest in biological drugs, and is usually provided by injection, on birth control pills. Trump’s work guides the Minister of Health and Humanitarian Services Robert F. Kennedy Junior Work with Congress to address this defect in a way that does not increase the general spending of medical care.
In addition, the executive procedure will take steps to align the MEDICARE price paid by the cost of hospitals to obtain medicines and start the operation to align the payment through the care settings, the official said in the background.