Editorial (Nov. 9, 2025). Why Weight-Loss Drug Prices Are Falling - Competition is working, even as the FTC meddles in a takeover fight in a way . . .

[keangkong]

I've attached a paywall-free editorial from the Wall Street Journal arguing (1) the recent price cuts that Trump negotiated would likely have happened without Trump's intervention and (2) arguing that the US government is too aggressive in trying to find antitrust violations and trying to lower prices. The editorial argues that, paradoxically, not regulating drug prices will result in lower prices. I am not posting it here as a way of agreeing with the article; I do think what they write is interesting. I don't have a position on what they say other than to note that I previously advocated on this forum for something fairly close to the deal that Trump recently negotiated.

Editorial (Nov. 9, 2025). Why Weight-Loss Drug Prices Are Falling - Competition is working, even as the FTC meddles in a takeover fight in a way that helped Pfizer. Wall Street Journal, paywall-free link.

 

[AndyPanda]

This thread is asking to get political.