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Posted on 04/10/2025 1:14:59 PM PDT by hardspunned
The rapid change in Ursula von der Leyen now starts to make sense. According to a press release [SEE HERE] from European Big Pharma, they recently had a meeting with the EU Komisar and threatened to leave Europe if the trade system is not renegotiated quickly.
Trump is on the cusp of announcing a big change in tariffs against foreign pharmaceutical companies in an effort to get the manufacturing of medicines brought back to the USA. Details are soon to surface.
In a proactive move, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), went to the European Commission (EC) yesterday to hold talks with von der Leyen, calling for radical change and holding the threat of an exodus to the U.S. over the EC president’s head.
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More winning as far as I can tell! Trump is the GOAT
I want them here!! It can’t be wages...these are tech jobs. We’ll see...
Here’s the real reason for the “pause”.
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Bureaucrats are risk-averse—they avoid action until they’re forced. But businesses are action-oriented when their bottom line is either being squeezed or threatened.
Now tariffs are doing what they were designed to do: apply pressure.
Trump knew there’d be a lag. First, the tariffs had to be taken seriously by corporate management. Then the companies would start leaning on the bureaucrats–who, true to form, would resist doing anything until corporate threats made action compulsory.
You don’t want American patients fearing for their drugs (and lives) running wild in the streets or overwhelming the telephones lines to Congress.
Also, insurance companies expect to pay ~$X billion in 2025 for drugs.
Increasing what insurance companies have to pay for drugs by even 10% will send their lobbyists to Congress.
What needs to be done is to roughly equalize drug pricing among industrial countries.
Bear in mind Europe needs industry too. They get lots of goodies from Asia too.
We’re not out to hurt anybody. We just need adjustments to ensure our long-term economic future.
I’m not even joking. If Trump accomplishes half of what he’s trying to do he should be placed on Mt. Rushmore.
So if Pfizer comes here, they can be burned out for their mRNA work.
We need them here!
Yup. Everything he does is for the advancement of American prosperity and strength and world leadership. This is not the same man as before.
I would guess the majority of Pharmaceuticals are still manufactured here in the United States.
Europe is insane with regulation and taxes, who would want to do the actual manufacturing of drugs or anything there.
I believe it to be a combination of world reactions for the "pause". Just hours after announcing the tariffs around the world, he was getting calls from various countries for talks about trade re-negotiations. As of this writing, it is up to 75 countries waiting in line to avoid his nation killing tariffs.
I can't help but wonder which countries have priority in his re-negotiations. Luv to be a fly on the wall. Guessing it's the smaller and more vulnerable nations Trump will meet with first to get tariffs canceled or reduced. He builds a world consensus that punitive tariffs on America is not the way, and builds from there.
As I said in another thread, this man is ballsy and a world-class economic genius.
I agree 100%! He’s done more good things for America in 3 months than any president in history.
The generic drugs are the biggy manufactured overseas...like 90%..
“What needs to be done is to roughly equalize drug pricing among industrial countries.”
Finally someone (you) came out and said it.
The way the current system works is medical companies make their big profits in the United States. The US market keeps the lights on.
You do make some profit in the other markets but nowhere near what you can in the US.
Essentially we have been subsidizing healthcare expenses for much of the world.
So when you get that $88,000 bill for one test or pay several thousand dollars for a month’s supply of insulin you are also paying for someone on the other side of the planet to get the same for much cheaper.
I work in a medical device factory BTW.
FDA regulations for clinical trials made it so expensive to run trials that Pharma migrated the trials to Europe 20+ years ago. We used to get the cutting edge medicines but now only after Europe runs the trials and approves them. The FDA will then use the European data to review and decide on approval for the US.
When they outsourced the cheap trinkets, we didn’t mind, but then they moved critical infrastructure and medicine.
When it went to Europe, people didn’t mind as much back then, but now many of our medicines are coming from India, etc. Gross!
https://crescent.icit-digital.org/articles/india-the-dirtiest-country-in-the-world
3 GUESSES AND THE LAST 2 DON'T COUNT!
Here's just ONE EXAMPLE:
Are you the same Brian Griffin that pushed the clot shot mandate and masking? The covidiot? If so then you’re still true to form arguing agains the health and prosperity of Americans.
From google search AI
While some pharmaceuticals are manufactured in the United States, a significant portion of those used in America are produced overseas, particularly in China and India. The United States is a major player in pharmaceutical manufacturing, but its share of global production has decreased over time.
Here's a more detailed look:
United States:
The U.S. is a major producer of pharmaceuticals, accounting for a significant portion of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) used in medicines consumed in the country.
China:
China has emerged as a major global player in the pharmaceutical industry, especially in the production of APIs and generic drugs.
India:
India is another significant producer of pharmaceuticals, particularly generics, and is a major supplier of APIs to the U.S. market.
Other Countries:
Europe, Canada, Japan, and other nations also contribute to the production of pharmaceuticals for the U.S. market, according to PharmacyChecker.
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