The Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has signaled that it will be revamping the process of negotiating prices for certain Medicare Part D drugs with input f | The agency said it is "considering opportunities to bring greater transparency" and will consider stakeholder feedback on the program.

The U.S. government said on Wednesday it will aim for "greater transparency" in Medicare drug price negotiations under President Donald Trump's administration following criticism from the pharmaceutical industry for the Biden-era law.

On its last weekday in power, the Biden Administration has chosen the next batch of drugs up for price negotiation in Medicare.

The U.S. government said on Wednesday it will consider opportunities to "bring greater transparency" for the Medicare drug price negotiation program under President Donald Trump's administration. The price negotiation process was established under former President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act in 2022.

Federal officials are targeting the blockbuster drugs as part of their ongoing initiative to lower drug costs.

Ozempic and Wegovy, the blockbuster but costly GLP-1 drugs often used for weight loss, are among the 15 medications that will be subject to the next round of Medicare price negotiations, the Biden administration announced Friday.

Among the first 10 drugs selected for price negotiations under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, cardiometabolic medications consumed more than 80% of Medicare Part D spending, researchers reported.Delayed negotiations may incur significant excess federal spending,

Trump has reversed some of President Biden’s initiatives, including $2 monthly out-of-pocket cap on some generics and experimental pricing models for gene therapies. But so far the healthcare elements of the Inflation Reduction Act remain unchanged.