Man collapses during Trump press conference

An Oval Office press conference was cut short Thursday as one of the attendees appeared to collapse.

The Brief

During remarks by Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks in the Oval Office, a man suddenly collapsed, prompting Dr. Mehmet Oz to rush to assist him.

Reporters were quickly ushered out of the room.

The White House later said the man was OK but did not provide an identity.

A press conference was interrupted on Thursday when one of the attendees fainted in the Oval Office while President Donald Trump was announcing a deal with drugmakers to lower the cost of obesity drugs.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this report, based on information from Getty Images, misidentified the man as a Novo Nordisk employee. This version has been updated based

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