A pharmaceutical executive collapsed in the Oval Office on live television Thursday during a press conference about the Trump administration’s deal to lower the cost of some obesity drugs.

The unnamed executive was standing in a group behind the podium while Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks spoke. As he began to fall, multiple men including Dr. Mehmet Oz attempted to hold him up before he collapsed to the floor .

“A representative with one of the companies fainted,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “The White House Medical Unit quickly jumped into action, and the gentleman is OK.”

The press conference was briefly paused as reporters were ushered out of the Oval Office while the man received medical care. It resumed shortly afterward without him.

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