Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Actions to Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Fact sheetRegulation tightenedPublished 25/04/15Open the original
Summary
President Trump orders HHS to significantly reduce drug prices: improving Medicare drug price negotiation to beat the 22% first-year savings, aligning Medicare payment with hospital acquisition costs, standardizing payments regardless of site of care, and lowering insulin for low-income patients to as little as $0.03.
By industry
- Healthcare & Drug Pricing1 trading day−0.1%p15 stocks5 trading days−2.7%p15 stocks20 trading days−15.7%p15 stocks
“The Order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to take steps to significantly reduce drug prices”
Day by day after the announcement
| Day | Healthcare & Drug Pricing stocks | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 25/04/14 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 25/04/15 | −0.4% | −0.3% |
| 25/04/16 | −1.5% | −2.1% |
| 25/04/17 | −2.0% | −1.6% |
| 25/04/21 | −3.9% | −4.2% |
| 25/04/22 | −2.7% | +0.0% |
| 25/04/23 | −2.3% | +0.1% |
| 25/04/24 | −1.7% | +2.3% |
| 25/04/25 | −1.2% | +2.7% |
| 25/04/28 | −0.7% | +2.5% |
| 25/04/29 | +0.1% | +3.1% |
| 25/04/30 | +1.3% | +4.0% |
| 25/05/01 | −0.5% | +3.9% |
| 25/05/02 | +0.2% | +5.7% |
| 25/05/05 | −0.0% | +5.0% |
| 25/05/06 | −2.5% | +5.0% |
| 25/05/07 | −1.8% | +4.6% |
| 25/05/08 | −3.4% | +5.3% |
| 25/05/09 | −4.5% | +5.2% |
| 25/05/12 | −3.2% | +8.7% |
| 25/05/13 | −6.4% | +9.4% |
Korean stocks in these industries
- Samsung Biologics 207940
- Celltrion 068270
- SK Biopharmaceuticals 326030
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