What to Know About TrumpRx Website for Low-Price Prescription Drugs

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What to Know About TrumpRx Website for Low-Price Prescription Drugs


The website, expected early next year, will connect patients with drug makers who sell direct-to-consumer at discounted prices.



President Donald Trump makes an announcement about lowering prescription drug prices as officials look on, including Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla (4th L) in the Oval Office on Sept. 30, 2025. Brendan SmialowskiI/AFP via Getty Images


Lawrence Wilson
10/11/2025|Updated: 10/11/2025

TrumpRx.gov, a new website facilitating the sale of discounted prescription medications directly to consumers, is expected to go live in 2026.

President Donald Trump announced the platform on Sept. 30 while introducing a prescription drug pricing deal with Pfizer, which will be a participant in the site.
Trump did not mention the name TrumpRx, but Pfizer called it that in its news release the same day.

Pfizer said that consumers will make the purchases from Pfizer, saying the company will “participate in a direct purchasing platform, TrumpRx.gov, that will allow American patients to purchase medicines from Pfizer at a significant discount.”

The website supports Trump’s most-favored-nation prescription drug pricing policy, which aims to align drug prices in the United States with those paid by similar countries around the world.


Here’s what we know so far about TrumpRx.


Cutting out Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Lawmakers and industry experts have long complained that high prices are driven, at least in part, by middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

These companies negotiate prices on behalf of insurance companies, often getting big discounts on the list price. Those savings are not always passed on to consumers.

“PBMs wield market power that they can use to demand prices in excess of their costs of delivering services, and in turn, earn excessive profits,” Matthew Fiedler, a senior fellow at the Center on Health Policy of Brookings Institution, told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health in February.

TrumpRx will allow patients to find a drug and purchase it from the manufacturer at a discounted price.

Pfizer said it will offer a “large majority” of its medications at discounts averaging 50 percent through the website.

Amgen announced Oct. 6 that it will offer Repatha, an injectable treatment for high cholesterol, at a 60 percent discount through the platform, reducing the cost to $239 per month.

National Community Pharmacists Association CEO Douglas Hoey criticized the TrumpRx plan, saying it fails to address the central issue.
“The insurance companies and their PBMs get paid more when patients and taxpayers pay more. That’s the problem. All these manufacturer websites are workarounds. They don’t fix the heart of the problem,” Hoey said in a Sept. 30 statement.

“Reforming the way PBMs and insurance companies operate is the only solution. There’s a reform package in Congress that has wide bipartisan support. Congress should pass it now. With the president’s signature, Americans will benefit from the lower prescription drug prices they deserve.”


Prior Authorization Not Required

Delays in coverage or outright denials of payment for medication by insurance companies have been a consistent complaint among patients and physicians for years.

These are often triggered by prior authorization, a process insurance companies use to avoid unnecessary charges.

Providers are required to submit proof of medical necessity for some medications before the insurer will agree to cover them for a particular patient. If prior authorization is not requested or granted, the insurance company can deny payment.

For drugs purchased on the TrumpRx website, prior authorization won’t be a factor, because patients will purchase directly from drug makers.


Uninsured Patients Expected to Benefit Most

Patients with health insurance often have relatively low out-of-pocket costs for medications.

Copayment for brand-name prescription drugs covered by commercial insurance plans generally ranges from 18 percent to 27 percent of the retail price, according to health care policy group KFF.

That averages $11 to $116, depending on the type of medication.

Some patients who require expensive medications can face copays well over $1,000.

Although uninsured patients are expected to benefit most from the TrumpRx website, Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, said insured patients facing high drug costs can still benefit. “I think it’s going to help them significantly,” he told CBS in an Oct. 3 interview.


Connecting Patients with Drug Companies

TrumpRx will not sell medications. Instead, it will allow users to search for prescription drugs and connect them with a pharmaceutical company that sells directly to consumers.

The announcement of TrumpRx has been followed by promises from several more drug makers to lower prices by selling directly to U.S. consumers.

UK-based AstraZeneca announced Oct. 10 that it will offer all of its primary care medications through TrumpRx. Drugs for lung diseases will be heavily discounted.

Eli Lilly has announced its own consumer sales site. Danish company Novo Nordisk intends to offer some medications directly to patients in partnership with telehealth services GoodRx, Hims & Hers, Ro, and LifeMD.

PhRMA, a lobbying group for U.S. pharmaceutical companies, announced a plan to launch its own site in January, AmericasMedicines.co m, to help patients buy prescription drugs directly from manufacturers.


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From The Epoch Times
Link: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/wha...ner&src_cmp=gp




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