Biden Order Revisits Trump Answers on Drug Prices, Competition

President Joe Biden‘s executive order on competition resurrects Trump administration policy plays geared toward cutting down drug prices, calling for efforts that policy analysts say may face challenges getting off the ground.

The executive order signed Friday includes measures to bolster health-care industry competition in the interest of lowering drug prices. Among its proposals are a push for the Food and Drug Administration to work with states to import prescription drugs from Canada and a call for the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on brand drugmakers paying generic manufacturers to delay putting their cheaper products on the market. ...