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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We forced the European governments to raise their drug…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Because we don't want to put these pharmaceutical companies out of business. We need them to continue to be the centers for innovation. We forced the European governments to raise their drug prices and then we went one by one with each of the 17 major pharmaceutical companies and we got deals with them. So now for all new drugs, we will get the lowest prices in the world. And for the major existing drugs, we will also get the lower price. (23:01–23:13)

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Asserts that the U.S. negotiated with European governments and pharmaceutical companies to raise drug prices in Europe.

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