U.S. Wants Drug Prices in TV Ads: ‘Patients Deserve to Know’

U.S. Wants Drug Prices in TV Ads: ‘Patients Deserve to Know’
Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
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TRENTON, N.J.—The federal government said on Oct. 15 that it wants to force drugmakers to disclose prices for prescription medicines in their TV commercials.

The drug industry’s main trade group said drug companies are only willing to disclose the prices on their websites, not in commercials, and they'll start doing that next spring.