FILE PHOTO: The Pfizer logo is seen in this illustration taken August 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called on pharmaceutical companies to justify the success of their drugs intended to treat COVID.

He said there is disagreement on whether the drugs saved lives.

"With CDC being ripped apart over this question, I want the answer, and I want it NOW," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I have been shown information from Pfizer, and others, that is extraordinary, but they never seem to show those results to the public."

(Reporting by Jasper Ward; editing by Scott Malone)