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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sent 17 letters to pharmaceutical companies on Thursday in an effort to reduce drug prices for Americans.

Trump gives companies deadline to lower drug prices

What they're saying:

In a White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump sent out letters following an executive order earlier this year.

"The president signed an executive order earlier this year to solve the problem of exorbitant pharmaceutical pricing," Leavitt said. "According to recent data, the prices that Americans have been paying for brand name drugs are more than three times the price other similar, similarly developed nations pay. The president is determined to solve this problem and took further action today. He has signed 17 letters to pharmaceu

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