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Alex Michael Azar II (/ ˈ eɪ z ɑːr /; 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.
- 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.
Jan 29, 2018 · 1. Alex Michael Azar II was born on June 17, 1967, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 2. Azar spent five years, from 2012 to 2017, as the president of Lilly USA, LLC, a biopharmaceutical...
- Staff Writer
Nov 13, 2017 · Alex Azar, who headed drugmaker Eli Lilly, was nominated Monday to be secretary of Health and Human Services. Azar had served as general counsel for HHS.
- Supreme Court Correspondent
Nov 28, 2017 · When Pres. Donald Trump announced he was nominating Alex Michael Azar II to be the next secretary of health and human services, Trump called him a “star for better healthcare and lower drug ...
- Dina Fine Maron
Jan 16, 2021 · Alex Azar, the Health and Human Services Secretary, resigned Friday evening. He cited the violent Capitol riot inflamed by President Trump, which left several dead or injured, in his...
Alex Azar served as the 24th secretary of health and human services (HHS). He was a member of President Donald Trump's (R) administration. President Donald Trump formally nominated Azar to the position on November 14, 2017. Azar was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 55-43 on January 24, 2018, and sworn in on January 29.
