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Alex Michael Azar II ( / ˈeɪzɑːr /; born June 17, 1967) is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2018 to 2021.
- Jennifer Reist
Jan 16, 2021 · Alex Azar, the Health and Human Services Secretary, resigned earlier this week, citing the violent Capitol riot inflamed by President Donald Trump in his resignation letter obtained by NBC...
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- His ties to pharma run deep. Azar worked for Eli Lilly for the greater part of the last decade. He held several positions at the company, including as president, senior vice president of corporate affairs and communication and vice president of managed healthcare services for Puerto Rico.
- He doesn’t have a great track record on reducing drug prices. Trump declared on Twitter that Azar will be “a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices!”
- He has contributed a lot of his money to the pharmaceutical industry political spending. Although Trump has criticized the amount of money drug companies give to politicians, Rollcall reported that since 2000, Azar has spent approximately $105,000 in political contributions.
- He opposes Trump’s policy proposal to import medications from Canada. One of the best parts of the American healthcare system, he told Fox Business during an interview in June, is its closed distribution system and the tight control of products in the U.S.
Oct 12, 2022 · During his time as head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2018 to 2021, Alex Azar grappled with all the same daunting challenges his predecessors faced when overseeing the federal government’s largest health care-related agency.
- Hoag Levins
Alex Michael Azar II is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2018 to 2021. Azar was nominated to his post by President Donald Trump on November 13, 2017, and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 2018.
Jan 24, 2018 · Alex Azar, former president of the U.S. arm of Eli Lilly & Co., was confirmed Wednesday as the secretary of health and human services. In that role, he'll oversee the Food and Drug...
