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Damien Conover

Trump’s Drug Plan Looks to Modestly Lower Drug Prices, Keeping Big Pharma and Biotech Moats Intact

Trump’s policy speech on lowering drug prices didn’t offer many specifics and focused mostly on reducing middleman profits and raising drug prices overseas. Based on the 2019 U.S. government budget proposal and the Council of Economic Advisors white paper on drug policy, we expect only modest negative headwinds to branded drug prices. We continue to view moats within Big Pharma/Biotech industries as intact, supported by strong pricing power for patent protected drugs. We view the branded drug gr...
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Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

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