Drug pricing should be near the top of the US-Japan agenda

Drug pricing should be near the top of the US-Japan agenda

President Donald Trump will soon host Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House, where the two leaders will seek to strengthen the United States-Japan alliance and boost both countries’ economies.  The president can advance these goals simultaneously in healthcare by urging Takaichi to reform how her aging nation’s healthcare system pays for prescription drugs.  For decades, Japan, the world’s fifth-largest economy, has artificia…

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