Trump imposes tariffs on pharmaceuticals, adjusts duties on steel, other metals

After a long delay, the administration is rolling out new duties on drug imports, with major carve-outs.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/trump-new-tariffs-pharmaceuticals-metals-00856242

EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water : NPR

Their inclusion on the list gives local regulators a tool to evaluate risks in their water supply, the EPA says, and it can set the stage for more research and regulatory action — but doesn't actually guarantee that will happen...

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5771155/epa-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-drinking-water 

 

MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’

Ministers and senior MPs have warned that the UK's agreements with Donald Trump are "built on sand" after the Guardian established that the deal to avoid drug tariffs has no underlying text beyond limited headline terms. 

The "milestone" US-UK deal announced this month on pharmaceuticals, which will mean the NHS pays more for medicines in exchange for a promise of zero tariffs on the industry, still lacks a legal footing beyond top lines contained in two government press releases...

 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/17/mps-warn-that-uk-agreements-with-donald-trump-are-built-on-sand

 

 

Does Calley Means Get Anything Right? (Conspirituality podcast)

RFK Jr's senior advisor and supplements salesman, Calley Means, has repeatedly fabricated the story of Abraham Flexner and the birth of the modern medical system. Derek looks into his historical revisionism and what it could mean for the MAHA movement.

Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-does-calley-means-get-anything-right

Trump slashed funding for universities that helped create these vital drugs - Washington Post

Medications that prevent HIV, shrink tumors and treat seizures were invented with government funding. At research universities, that money is now canceled or in jeopardy...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2025/trump-university-research-medicine/