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Trump poised to nominate ex-Lilly executive Alex Azar for top HHS job: report
fiercepharma
November 10, 2017
Despite blasting pharma for "getting away with murder" on multiple occasions, President Donald Trump is expected to pick a former pharmaceutical executive to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Bloomberg reports.
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Trump repealed birth control coverage in health insurance
pharmafile
October 10, 2017
President Trump has now sweeped away birth control coverage in employer-provided health insurance from Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
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Review of 2017 H1 of the biological & pharmaceutical industries
en-cphi.cn
September 19, 2017
New drug approval reached a historic high, while industry M&A boom fell back
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Merck CEO Frazier draws Trump's ire for taking stand on violence in Charlottesville
fiercepharma
August 15, 2017
Merck CEO Ken Frazier has resigned from President Donald Trump's council on manufacturing in protest of the administration not taking a stronger response to racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Trump throws weight behind pharmaceutical manufacturing
pharmafile
July 24, 2017
In a press conference at the White House, President Trump, alongside representatives from Corning, MSD and Pfizer, announced that 1,000 jobs would be created in a new pharmaceutical glass packaging initiative.
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Do not leave the town without passing a health care bill: Trump to republican senators
biospectrumasia
July 21, 2017
Trump told the lawmakers that Republicans are "closer than people understand" on getting health care reform done and "have to pull through"
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Trump administration picks pro-vaccine CDC director
fiercepharma
July 14, 2017
After backing candidate Donald Trump last year, antivaccine activists may feel betrayed in his administration’s latest move to name vaccine advocate Brenda Fitzgerald to run the CDC. At the same time, the medical community will likely breathe a sigh of re
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Activist parents rally in D.C., hoping Trump will change vaccine status quo
fiercepharma
April 06, 2017
Looking to push back at mandatory vaccination policies, about 150 concerned parents from around the country turned out to Washington, D.C., on Friday for a rally dubbed the Revolution for Truth.
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Trump’s budget cuts will be ‘disastrous’ for healthcare and patients, say cell therapy leaders
pharmaphorum
March 24, 2017
Following President Trump’s announcement of massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health funding last week, science leaders in the US and beyond have warned of dire long term consequences for research and patients.
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Trump makes choice on new FDA head
pharmafile
March 14, 2017
Dr. Scott Gottlieb is Trump’s chosen nominee for the role of commissioner of the FDA.