Hill January 9, 2026
Nathaniel Weixel

Johnson & Johnson said late Thursday it will lower prices for certain prescription drugs and match the rates in other countries, becoming the latest pharmaceutical company to strike a deal with the Trump administration in exchange for tariff relief.

The New Jersey-based health conglomerate was one of the 17 companies President Trump called out last summer to lower drug prices as part of his administration’s “most favored nation” push.

Drugmakers have been eager to strike voluntary deals to avoid punitive actions such as tariffs that could cut deeply into their profits. The only companies who received letters that have yet to strike deals with the administration are AbbVie and Regeneron.

“I’m proud that Johnson & Johnson is...

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