LAS VEGAS — Online pharmacy Cost Plus Drugs will be participating in President Donald Trump’s drug price transparency tool, TrumpRx, according to Cost Plus’ founder Mark Cuban.
Cuban shared the news during his keynote at the HLTH conference on Sunday, during which the billionaire entrepreneur and pharmacy disruptor also excoriated the pharmacy benefit manager industry for driving up the cost of U.S. medications.
Trump announced TrumpRx last month, saying the website will allow Americans to shop directly for prescription drugs at discounted rates without insurance. The website, which is set to launch early next year, will not sell or distribute drugs directly. Instead, it will act as a search engine for direct-to-consumer drug websites, according to Cuban.
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