Policy Blog: Shutdown, Pharmaceutical Tariffs, Drug Pricing, Medtech Imports Investigation, and No SBIR/STTR Extension 

As the federal government shuts down following the failure of Congress to agree on how to fund the government (with healthcare standing out as a flashpoint), and after the Trump Administration instructed federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans that would go beyond standard shutdown furloughs, other industry-specific news continues to break: 

  • Branded Pharmaceutical Tariffs 
  • Most-Favored-Nation Deal and a New Drug Pricing Proposal 
  • Section 232 Investigation into Medtech 
  • No SBIR/STTR Extension 

Branded Pharmaceutical Tariffs 

On September 25, President Trump announced on Truth Social that, starting just six days later, tariffs of 100% will apply to brand-name pharmaceuticals unless a company is actively building a plant in the U.S. 

John F. Crowley, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) released a statement on the potential for 100% tariffs on branded or patented…
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