From my colleague Jason Mast: The first ever patient has been treated with prime editing, a powerful technology for making precise changes to DNA.

The executive order would require other countries to pay more for medications so that Americans could pay less. But experts aren’t sure it will work.

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S.

On May 12, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the executive order (EO) “ Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing To American Patients .” The EO sets forth policy positions that attempt to further reign in drug prices beyond the scope of drug price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Kennedy Jr., asking if they could speak. The two men knew one another well. In 2023, Mr. Buhler appeared on Mr. Kennedy’s “RFK Jr Podcast,” discussing ... By taking GLP-1s off the drug shortage list, the FDA was pricing out millions of Americans.

More than 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has fallen into a pattern. Trump releases an executive order with an expansive title accompanied by even more expansive claims from the president and senior officials about the effects of the directive.

“Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical prices will be REDUCED, almost immediately, by 30% to 80%,” Trump posted on Sunday evening. “They will rise throughout the World in order to equalize and, for the first time in many years, bring FAIRNESS TO AMERICA!”