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  "id": 4876834,
  "title": "STAT+: Five burning questions on Trump’s latest deals with drugmakers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/stat-five-burning-questions-on-trumps-latest-deals-with-drugmakers",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-01T14:51:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/01/trump-pharma-deals-analysis-latest-round-most-favored-nation-drug-pricing/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Trump administration has announced that a second group of pharmaceutical companies has pledged to lower drug prices to levels comparable to those in other nations. According to The Hill, President Trump said every drug will be at the lowest prices available anywhere in the world.\n\nQuartz reports that the new agreements bring the total number of companies in the administration's most-favored-nation pricing program to 26. The Hill and Endpoints News both state that nine midsize biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies are involved in the new agreements.\n\nThe details of the deals are not public, and some questions remain unanswered, including whether all the companies will avoid tariffs or mandatory Medicare drug pricing pilot programs, as reported by STAT News.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Trump administration to announce drug pricing deals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-administration-to-announce-drug-pricing-deals",
        "published": "2026-08-31T16:13:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Trump reportedly plans to announce new drug pricing deals with nearly a dozen drugmakers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-reportedly-plans-to-announce-new-drug-pricing-deals-with-nearly",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:20:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Watch live: Trump makes announcement on drug pricing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/watch-live-trump-makes-announcement-on-drug-pricing",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:43:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Endpoints News",
        "title": "Trump announces nine new MFN drug pricing deals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-announces-nine-new-mfn-drug-pricing-deals",
        "published": "2026-08-31T19:56:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Trump announces drug pricing deals with 9 more drugmakers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-announces-drug-pricing-deals-with-9-more-drugmakers",
        "published": "2026-08-31T20:51:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "WATCH: Trump says more pharmaceutical companies will lower drug prices",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/watch-trump-says-more-pharmaceutical-companies-will-lower-drug-prices",
        "published": "2026-08-31T21:09:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BioPharma Dive",
        "title": "Mid-cap biotechs join Trump’s latest round of drug pricing deals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/mid-cap-biotechs-join-trumps-latest-round-of-drug-pricing-deals",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:14:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Healthcare Dive",
        "title": "Mid-cap biotechs join Trump’s latest round of drug pricing deals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/mid-cap-biotechs-join-trumps-latest-round-of-drug-pricing-deals-4894860",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:14:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}