Bloomberg : Senators Say Kennedy Must Disclose Details on Drugmaker Meetings

Three senators are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to disclose what he and President Donald Trump discussed with drugmakers during closed-door conversations.

Senators Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden and Bernie Sanders sent a letter dated March 10 to Kennedy, who is a longtime critic of the pharmaceutical industry. They accused him of attending "unofficial, million-dollar dinners" with industry executives at Mar-a-Lago.

"You owe the American public an explanation for why you took part in PhRMA's influence-peddling events with President Trump, what happened at these meetings, and whether they will affect your commitment to ensuring that Americans receive the relief they deserve from high drug prices," the senators wrote in the letter, which was viewed by Bloomberg News.

The lobbying group PhRMA, short for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, led a delegation of executives to the White House last month to ask Trump for changes to a Biden-era law that allows the government to negotiate certain drug prices. Drug company executives, including the leaders of Pfizer Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co., have said they attended private dinners at Trump's Florida resort, with Kennedy present for some of them.

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