16 July 2018 - As a candidate and then as president, Donald Trump has had plenty to say about how drug prices are out of control and how he plans to get them down.

Drug companies are "getting away with murder," he said in January 2017, promising to save "billions" through better negotiating. On May 11, Trump called his new drug price plan "the most sweeping action in history." And after Pfizer Inc. raised prices of many of its products this summer, he tweeted on July 9: "We will respond!"

While Pfizer agreed to delay its increases for now, the long-term trend shows prices keep going up.

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