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Scott Gottlieb: “There was a moment in time where we tried to negotiate some…”

Featuring: Scott Gottlieb, Conservative | Former FDA Commissioner | National

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Pres. Trump's push to lower drug prices 'is a good starting point', says Dr. Scott Gottlieb

Published | Video Starts at 03:04

And they did commit that the Trade representative and other entities within the US Would support companies. That's going to be critical. There was a moment in time where we tried to negotiate some of these provisions into free trade agreements. It got into the FTA with Australia and South Korea as well. I think we need to go back to that where the US Trade apparatus is willing to support companies that try to push back on some of these pricing authorities globally. (03:04–03:10)

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Asserts that drug pricing provisions were previously negotiated into free trade agreements.

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