The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday praised a plan announced by the White House earlier this week that President Trump said is designed to lower the cost of prescription drugs, calling it a "major step" toward making medication more affordable for Americans.

On Tuesday, the president announced that drug giant Pfizer had agreed to be part of a new direct-to-consumer government purchasing platform known as TrumpRx, that, according to Pfizer , will allow "American patients to purchase medicines from Pfizer at a significant discount."

The president said that Pfizer had "agreed to offer countless prescription medications at major discounts in the United States."

Pfizer is the first of many drug makers the president claimed has agreed to offer steep drug discounts t

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