February 12, 2018 by Greg Jacobson and Chain Drug Review
Alex Azar, Eli Lilly, Food and Drug Administration, HHS secretary, prescription drug prices, President Donald Trump, Secretary of Health and Human Services, State of the Union, Trump's State of the Union address
2018, Issue 02-12-2018, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — In his first State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump renewed his pledge to reduce prescription drug prices, days after a former big pharma executive was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Trump had stunned the pharmaceutical industry during his 2016 campaign by declaring that drug manufacturers were “getting
January 25, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Alex Azar, Chuck Grassley, Eli Lilly, Elizabeth Warren, HHS, HHS secretary, Ron Wyden, Todd Young, Tom Carper, Tom Price, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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WASHINGTON — Former Eli Lilly and Co. executive Alex Azar has been confirmed by the Senate as the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). Nominated for the HHS secretary post in November by President Donald Trump, Azar was approved by the Senate on Wednesday in a 55-43 vote, mainly
December 11, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Affordable Care Act, Alex Azar, Eli Lilly, Health and Human Services Secretary, Patty Murray, Rand Paul, Senate health committee, Tom Price
2017, Issue 12-11-2017, Issues, News, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — Alex Azar, a former pharmaceutical executive named by President Trump to be the next Health and Human Services secretary, told senators at a full committee nomination hearing that making prescription drugs more affordable would be one of his top priorities. “Drug prices are too high,” Azar said to the Senate health committee at
November 14, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Alex Azar, ational Community Pharmacists Association, B. Douglas Hoey, Bernie Sanders, Eli Lilly, HHS secretary, Lamar Alexander, Lilly USA, President Donald Trump, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price
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WASHINGTON — Biopharmaceutical industry executive Alex Azar has been nominated as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fill the post vacated by Tom Price. Azar is currently founder and chairman of Seraphim Strategies LLC, an Indianapolis-based consultancy focused on the biopharma and health insurance industries, including biopharmaceutical sales, marketing, pricing,