EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows majorities of voters back Trump's FDA agenda on prescription drugs
THE LOWDOWN:
Voters of all parties do not believe that “pharmacies should be able to make compounded drugs beyond the very limited circumstances currently allowed by law,” new polling by pollster Fabrizio Ward, LLC found.
Rx Border Defense, which commissioned the poll, aims to counter the “dangerous, illegal and counterfeit drugs [that] have been flowing into our country across the Southern border and through other ports of entry.”
At the front of voters’ minds is still China when it comes to the health care space, and voters want what Fabrizio Ward calls “common-sense” policies, like requiring labels to show where drugs are both made and inspected.
By an 81-13 percent margin, the poll found that “compounded medication that was not FDA approved or was manufactured in an unregulated facility would not be trusted.”
Voters of all parties do not believe that “pharmacies should be able to make compounded drugs beyond the very limited circumstances currently allowed by law,” according to new polling conducted by one of President Donald Trump’s top pollsters and obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter.
The poll by Fabrizio Ward, LLC, was conducted on behalf of Rx Border Defense, surveyed 1,000 voters across America and its findings are stark.
“When it comes to unregulated versions of popular diabetes and weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, most voters, especially among Trump voters, think these knock-off drugs should not be on the market now that the production shortage for the brand-named drugs has ended,” the pollsters Tony Fabrizio and Bob Ward reported in their memo.
Rx Border Defense, which commissioned the poll, aims to counter the “dangerous, illegal and counterfeit drugs [that] have been flowing into our country across the Southern border and through other ports of entry.”
Trump’s policies on prescription medicine are winners, per the poll.
“There is broad bipartisan agreement that the FDA should make it a priority and should do more to protect Americans from unsafe prescription drugs being sold in the United States,” the pollsters explain. “There is similarly broad bipartisan agreement that part of President Trump's calls to have more things made in America should include prescription drugs.”
However, not everything is fully bipartisan, they explain.
“Trump voters are especially unified in their agreement that the U.S. border is not secure until we stop illicit and dangerous ingredients for prescription drugs from illegally coming across into the hands of Americans.”
At the front of voters’ minds is still China when it comes to the health care space, and voters want what Fabrizio Ward calls “common-sense” policies, like requiring labels to show where drugs are both made and inspected.
Virtually all respondents have faith in American-made medicines, whereas only 41 percent of all voters believe that drugs made in China are safe for consumption. A near-majority of voters is also unsure that online pharmacies are selling safe, FDA-approved drugs.
The poll comes as welcome news to well-known brand name drugs like Ozempic, which have experienced shortages in America due to their surge in popularity. On the flip side, generic competitors to Ozempic are viewed with a heavy amount of skepticism, it found.
By an 81-13 percent margin, the poll found that “compounded medication that was not FDA approved or was manufactured in an unregulated facility would not be trusted.”
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