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By Dan Gooding and Leonardo Feldman
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Billionaire Mark Cuban was among the healthcare business officials standing alongside President Donald Trump on Monday, as his company added hundreds of generic drugs to the government's TrumpRx website.
Cuban, the entrepreneur and minority owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks who backed former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, was at the White House to announce that his company will partner with the president's effort to lower drug costs—a push that has been criticized by some Democrats and experts over not offering the lowest available price for some medications.
Trump, who announced around 600 drugs would be added to the site, said he was seeking to continue to build up TrumpRx, allowing Americans better access to affordable treatments.
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"We went from the most expensive, to the least expensive," the president said of U.S. drug costs Monday, alongside officials from Amazon and GoodRx.
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Mark Cuban Partners With TrumpRx
Cuban said Monday that his company, Cost Plus Drugs, was partnering with TrumpRx and adding over 500 of its products to the site, which aggregates different providers together.
The partnership is significant as Trump and Cuban have spent years publicly at odds, trading criticism and occupying opposing political camps, particularly during the 2024 election cycle when Cuban backed Democrats and sharply questioned Trump’s leadership and rhetoric.
Yet the two have also shown a willingness to compartmentalize those differences when it comes to business and policy. When Trump was asked about the pairing Monday, he said Cuban had made "a big mistake" when backing Harris in 2024, appearing to joke about the matter.
Cuban’s involvement stems directly from his long-running push to disrupt the pharmaceutical market through his company. He has argued that high U.S. prescription costs are driven largely by opaque middlemen like pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and has built his model around cutting them out entirely by selling drugs at cost plus a fixed markup and making pricing transparent to consumers. That philosophy overlaps with key elements of TrumpRx.
"Anything that reduces the cost of medications for Republicans, independents, and Democrats is a win," Cuban told Newsweek after the event. "I'll align with anybody, I don't care. If you're going to make healthcare cheaper, you're my new best friend."
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TrumpRx: List of Generic Drugs
The White House released some details on the medications that will now be offered on TrumpRx, but a complete list was not immediately available Monday evening.
Included on the list were the cholesterol medication atorvastatin, the blood thinner clopidogrel, high blood pressure treatment lisinopril, and diabetes medication metformin.
Other drugs added to the site included various forms of insulin injectors, inhalers for asthma and other chest conditions, and migraine medications.
Are GLP-1s Like Wegovy and Zepbound Available on TrumpRx?
Yes. The new Ozempic pill was touted as one of the latest additions to TrumpRx, along with the Wegovy pen and pill versions. Zepbound is also listed as available through the site.
Some of the weight-loss medications are not directly available for delivery through the website, with the government instead offering a coupon for customers to take to their pharmacy.
Wider Impact on Costs
Monday's event also saw Amazon Pharmacy and GoodRx join the site, with officials from both saying they were committed to lowering costs for customers.
The White House said the site was now a place where Americans could check market prices for medications, leading to greater competition in the market.
It is likely that Democrats in Congress will continue scrutinizing TrumpRx, however, having raised concerns earlier this year that offers listed on the site were available elsewhere.
“TrumpRx is not a serious effort to lower prescription drug prices," Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., said in a February press release. "If Trump was serious about making prescriptions more affordable, he’d work with Democrats to expand Medicare drug price negotiation, make those prices more widely available to Americans with private health insurance, prevent unfair price hikes, and cap out-of-pocket costs."
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