India, April 9 -- Americans are haunted by one question after President Donald Trump said he would be announcing major tariffs on the pharma sector: will medicines get costlier in the US? Trump made the remarks while addressing a fundraising gala for House Republicans on Tuesday, April 8.

President Trump said pharmaceuticals, drugs and other things are going to get better. "They are made in other countries and you pay a number. I mean, the same package in our country, compared to London and other places, is sometimes 10 times more. Something that sells for $88 in London sells for $1,300 here, made in the same factory, by the same company. And that's over. I told them all that's over," he said.

Trump noted that other countries tend to pl...