Thread by @DonnaYoungDC, Trump calling the rules "dramatic," but they are likely to go nowhere. [...]

Trump calling the rules "dramatic," but they are likely to go nowhere.
Trump has 2 months left in office.
Is this a set up where he'll claim he accomplished something he didn't & then he/GOP will blame @JoeBiden for not implementing then?

#drugprices #drugpricing #pharma https://twitter.com/SPGMIHealthcare/status/1329838381568823300

https://twitter.com/SPGMIHealthcare/status/1329838381568823300

Trump says he's also ending the Unapproved Drugs initiative.

Where's the evidence Trump's claims about the big savings?

And now Trump blaming #pharma for his #elections loss while simultaneously claiming he won.

Spoiler alert: @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris won #Election2020.

#drugprices #drugpricing #COVID19 #vaccines

Trump hasn't lowered #drugprices.
The drug #importation proposal may never be implemented.

#drugpricing #pharma #biotech #FDA

#FDA Unapproved Drugs page https://www.fda.gov/drugs/enforcement-activities-fda/unapproved-drugs

#pharma #biotech

Unapproved Drugs

Unapproved prescription drugs pose significant risks to patients because they have not been reviewed by FDA for safety, effectiveness or quality.

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/enforcement-activities-fda/unapproved-drugs

Trump now saying #pharma should never be able to win in court -- because, we apparently no longer have a legal system in the United States.

So you have Trump bashing $PFE just minutes earlier while @SecAzar now can't praising #COVID19 vaccine enough.

Again: Trump hasn't lowered #drugprices in the U.S.

But that doesn't stop @SecAzar from claiming that proposals/rules are achievements.

. @SecAzar doing his usual praise of Trump.

#DrugPrices #DrugPricing #pharma #biotech

Now it's @SeemaCMS' turn to praise Trump & give him credit for things he didn't do.

Reminder: Will the @OIGatHHS investigate Verma's #elections campaigning for Trump?

In two months, @SecAzar & @SeemaCMS will be out of the U.S. government.

Just wondering how they will explain to their next gigs [likely consulting] their time working for Trump - Verma's willingness to violate #elections rules & Azar's willingness to undermine #Elections2020?

And of course they take no questions.

This wasn't a news conference. It was a praise-fest for Trump, who hasn't lowered #drugprices.

Unimplemented rules are not achievements.

Here's #HHS PRs with the #drugpricing rules:
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/11/20/hhs-finalizes-rule-bring-drug-discounts-directly-seniors-pharmacy-counter.html
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/11/20/trump-administration-announces-prescription-drug-payment-model-to-put-american-patients-first.html
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/11/20/fact-sheet-trump-administration-finalizes-proposal-to-lower-drug-costs.html

#drugprices #pharma #biotech

And the #HHS statement on the strange action today on the #FDA's Unapproved Drugs initiative https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/11/20/statement-hhs-chief-staff-brian-harrison-unapproved-drugs-initiative.html #pharma #biotech

Statement from HHS Chief of Staff Brian Harrison on Unapproved Drugs

Today, the Department of health and human services (HHS) Through a Notice published in the Federal Register announced the withdrawal of guidance documents issued as part of the Unapproved Drugs

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/11/20/statement-hhs-chief-staff-brian-harrison-unapproved-drugs-initiative.html

On #HHS/ #CMS call on today's #drugpricing rules, you've got @SecAzar again claiming Trump's blueprint lowered #drugprices.

No, it hasn't.

Recall @SecAzar - a former $LLY executive - really, really wanted this #PBMs rebate rule but then it got killed off by White House.
Now it's resurrected.
The rule is very pro- #pharma.

#drugprices #drugpricing

So, today Trump showed just how close he is to @BernieSanders on a #drugpricing issue ...
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/sen-sanders-presses-us-fda-to-permit-alternatives-to-pricey-catalyst-drug-50284200 $CPRX #drugprices

Sen. Sanders presses US FDA to permit alternatives to pricey Catalyst drug

Sen. Bernie Sanders is hoping to convince U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to allow companies and compounding pharmacies to again make alternative versions of a drug now...

https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/sen-sanders-presses-us-fda-to-permit-alternatives-to-pricey-catalyst-drug-50284200

. @SeemaCMS never misses an opportunity to praise Trump on press calls, etc.

@SecAzar the same.

. @SecAzar: We have several different versions of analyses ...

[So, they chose the one that fit their narrative].

#DrugPrices #DrugPricing #pharma #biotech

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