Dan Best, Trump’s ‘Drug Czar’ Has Died, HHS Says

Dan Best, the senior adviser for drug pricing reform and President Trump’s so-called “drug czar,” has died, HHS said in a statement Nov. 1.

“I had the great privilege to know Dan Best for the past decade,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement. “He joined me here at HHS out of a desire to serve the American people by making health care more affordable. He brought his deep expertise and passion to this task with great humility and collegiality.”

Best was Azar’s right hand man in implementing President Donald Trump’s plan to lower prescription drug prices. He was ...