• Mark Cuban gave Trump's new drugstore venture a "B," and said it would be good for patients. • TrumpRx.gov aims to sell drugs directly to consumers, bypassing Pharmacy Benefit Managers. • Cuban questioned whether Trump's venture could make a material difference in changing PBMs.
Mark Cuban is giving President Donald Trump's new direct-to-consumer online drug store venture a "B" — for now.
Trump announced on Tuesday that he plans to launch a government-run website, called TrumpRx.gov, for consumers to buy prescription drugs directly from manufacturers on the site without the involvement of Pharmacy Benefit Managers as intermediaries. According to NPR, the administration expects to release the website in 2026.
Cuban, the billionaire venture capitalist, commented on X that this would