US health authorities set most-favored-nation pricing targets

- 5/20/2025

</head><body><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday it was setting most-favored-nation prescription drug pricing targets following an executive order by President Donald Trump.</p><p>The target price "is the lowest price in an OECD country with a GDP per capita of at least 60 percent of the U.S. GDP per capita," the department said in a statement.</p><p>The agency said it expected "each manufacturer to commit to aligning US pricing" for all branded medicines that do not face competition from generics or biosimilar versions. </p><p>Trump signed a wide-reaching executive order last week directing drugmakers to lower the prices of their medicines to align with what other countries pay that analysts and legal experts said would be difficult to implement. </p><p>U.S. patients pay the highest prices for prescription drugs, often nearly three times more than those in other developed nations.</p><p>"We expect pharmaceutical manufacturers to fulfill their commitment to lower prices for American patients, or we will take action to ensure they do," U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday.</p><p/><p> (Reporting by Caroline Humer, Rami Ayyub, Katharine Jackson and Bhanvi Satija; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Tomasz Janowski)</p></body></html></p> <div id="news-wrapper"> <div class="thumbnail additional-resources client-content-image-box"> <div class="box-image" style="background-image: url(/images/home/news.jpg);"></div> <div class="caption"> <h3>Nationwide News</h3> <div> <p><a href='/veterans/news-article-detail.aspx?id=155542'>Grave of Black veteran of War of 1812 receives headstone</a></p> <p><a href='/veterans/news-article-detail.aspx?id=155541'>World War II veteran, motorcycle champion turns 102</a></p> <p><a href='/veterans/news-archive.aspx'>News Archive</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div>  <footer class="footer">  <div class="clearfix footerInfo"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-7 col-xs-12"> <div class="footerText"> <a href="http://www.trilogyir.com/" target="_blank" class="footerLogo"><img src="/images/Noc-Logo-white.png" alt="Footer Logo" style="width: 200px;"></a> <div class="genericContent" id="landingPageText"> <p>Network of Care for Service Members, Veterans & Their Families is an online information portal for individuals, families and social service agencies to serve those who have served our country. </p> </div> <h3 id="lblTechAssistance" style="color: #fff; 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US health authorities set most-favored-nation pricing targets