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White House Adds More Than 600 Generics to TrumpRx and Links Site to Cost Plus, Amazon and GoodRx

The update routes consumers to private cash‑pay pharmacies so lower list prices may not reduce insured patients’ out‑of‑pocket costs.

German Pharmacies Shut for a Day to Press Fee Hike Pledge

Brazil Enacts Law Allowing Pharmacies Inside Supermarkets

Pharmacies Across Germany Close for One-Day Protest Over Pay

Semaglutide Patent Expires in Brazil, Opening Door to Lower-Cost Rivals

Germany’s Pharmacies Plan One-Day Shutdown on March 23 to Press for Funding Fix

GLP-1 Era Hits the Mainstream With Super Bowl Ads as Costs Rise and Care Shifts to Maintenance

AbbVie Strikes Trump Drug-Pricing Deal, Pledges $100 Billion, Wins 3-Year Tariff Reprieve

France Disputes Trump's Claim He Forced Macron To Raise Drug Prices With Tariff Threat

White House Adds 9 Pharma Deals, Extending Drug-Price Pacts to 14 Manufacturers

Germany Launches Pharma and MedTech Strategy Talks to Tackle Drug Shortages

CMS Launches ‘Generous’ Pilot to Tie Medicaid Drug Prices to International Benchmarks

Cigna’s Evernorth to End Rebates for Many Plans, Shift to Point-of-Sale Pricing and Cost-Plus Pharmacy Pay

AstraZeneca Strikes White House Drug-Price Deal, Wins Three-Year Tariff Reprieve

U.S. Eases Pharma Tariff Threat as Pfizer Agrees to Price Cuts and $70 Billion U.S. Investment

U.S. Imposes 100% Tariffs on Branded Drug Imports as Trump Unveils TrumpRx and Secures Pfizer Price Cuts

Trump Strikes Pfizer Deal Trading Price Cuts for Tariff Exemption, Unveils TrumpRx Site

Mexico Starts Sanctions Process for Medicine Delivery Failures

Mexico Sets End-of-Month Ultimatum for 34 Drug Suppliers as Sheinbaum Pledges to Settle Debts

UK ‘Postcode Lottery’ for Weight-Loss Jabs Persists as Generics Line Up for 2026