Trump spares drugmakers from tariffs; costs could still go up

You’ve got to give the generic space a lot of credit,

the lobbyist said

What do you think the line is like to get your facility inspected and approved now that they have fired 20 percent of the FDA workforce?”

the pharmaceutical lobbyist said

It’s, to me, pretty shocking that we’re two weeks out, and he still won’t meet with me, still won’t speak with me, won’t give me the opportunity to address his concerns about me,

Perkins said

I am not going to support the promotion of anybody who is taking those positions,

Hawley said

Science is based on humility, an approach that is so impeccably open to what the data may show — that one is willing to change their view based on new evidence,

Makary said in a video the FDA posted to YouTube

When asked this week whether he’d talk to Perkins, given the assurances he accepted from other Trump nominees, Hawley was direct

Hawley responds

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We’re actually very closely aligned and, in fact, more aligned than some of these other nominees,

she added, nodding toward Hawley’s support for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz — who was confirmed Thursday as CMS administrator by a 53 to 45 Senate vote — despite their past support for abortion and transgender care

I want to be very clear — I value the career staff at the FDA enormously,

he said

Nothing I did as a career DOJ attorney undermines who I am or makes me any less conservative or pro-life,

she said

It’s going to make our country very rich,

he said

If these tariffs are introduced, the manufacturers will have no choice but to pass on the impact to consumers,

said Vishal Manchanda, an analyst at Systematix Institutional Equities

Pharma (tariffs) is going to be starting to come in, I think, at a level that you haven't really seen before,

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One

That will be announced in the near future, and is under review right now,

Trump said

The pharmaceutical companies are going to come roaring back, they are coming roaring back, they are all coming back to our country because if they don't they got a big tax to pay. And if they do, I'll be very happy,

Trump said during his "Liberation Day" tariff announcement

A whispered potential for a phase-in approach, if it materializes, could dampen immediate shocks across the industry,

Citi said in a note Thursday

It drives uncertainty, and when you're uncertain, you pause. You pause innovation, you post launches, you pause investments,

she said