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AbbVie Bets $100 Billion On Trump—And A Whole New Business Model!

AbbVie just made a bold move—and the stakes are massive. The company agreed to invest $100 billion into U.S. operations over the next decade in exchange for protection from tariffs and future government drug pricing mandates. The deal, struck with the Trump administration, marks one of the largest public-private partnerships in the pharmaceutical space and may set a new precedent for how Big Pharma plays ball with Washington. As part of the package, AbbVie also agreed to lower prices on Medicaid drugs and expand direct-to-patient sales via the TrumpRx portal. This high-profile “AbbVie Trump investment deal” raises a fundamental question: is the trade-off worth it? On the surface, it looks like a win-win. AbbVie locks in regulatory certainty, while the government gets lower Medicaid costs and new domestic manufacturing jobs. But the underlying motivations run deeper.