Trump signs an order to reduce drug prices, but it's unclear how it would work

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Published May 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM EDT

President Trump is taking aim at U.S. drug prices with an executive order geared toward forcing drug companies to match the lower prices paid in other developed countries, as NPR's Sydney Lupkin reports.

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