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Alex Azar Is a Friend to Health-Care Companies

The former pharma exec likely won't force his former colleagues to slash prices.
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Industries traditionally don't get to pick nominees to fill a president's cabinet. But the Trump administration sometimes does it for them.

Former Eli Lilly & Co. executive Alex Azar is a Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary nominee that drugmakers and health insurers can firmly support.