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Pfizer’s CEO Bourla was at the White House on Tuesday along with President Donald Trump and his top health team to announce the launch of TrumpRx
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday gave President Donald Trump a Covid scare when he sneezed just a foot away from the president. (RapidResponse47/X)
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday gave President Donald Trump a Covid scare when he sneezed just a foot away from the president.
While announcing a deal with Pfizer to reduce drug prices, Trump turned to his top health offices during an Oval Office press conference just in time for his Health and Human Services Secretary to sneeze into his elbow, Daily Mail reported.
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While Trump bragged about reducing the prices of insulin during his first administration, Robert sneezed. Reacting to this, Trump said: “God bless you, Bobby. I hope I didn’t catch COVID just there.”
As the officials laughed on his joke, the President turned to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to ask: “Don’t you have Paxlovid? He’s got Paxlovid. Give me a Paxlovid immediately.”
At the press conference, Trump was referencing an antiviral medication that’s manufactured by Pfizer and used to treat COVID-19 in high-risk individuals.
According to Daily Mail, Pfizer’s CEO Bourla was at the White House on Tuesday along with Trump and his top health team to announce the launch of TrumpRx, which is a new website that will allow customers to buy prescription drugs directly instead of going through insurance.
Trump announced that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will lower the prices of several of its medications in the United States, making it the first major drugmaker to agree to the administration’s demands.
The announcement comes after Donald Trump had sent letters to 17 leading pharmaceutical companies in July, demanding they match prices paid overseas – a policy he has called “most favoured nation pricing”. He gave them until September 29 to submit binding commitments. Pfizer is the first company to publicly reach an agreement.
He said the deal would mark a turning point in prescription drug costs, long among the highest in the developed world.
“Americans have been paying almost three times what other nations pay. That ends now,” he said.
In May, Trump signed a sweeping executive order directing drug companies to cut US prices to match those abroad. He warned that if companies failed to comply, the administration could use rulemaking to enforce reductions or even pursue the import of cheaper medicines from overseas.1
Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
October 01, 2025, 01:47 IST
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