Promise Of US Tax Reform Simmers, But On The Backburner
Executive Summary
The pharmaceutical industry will have to keep waiting for US tax reform, most likely until at least the end of 2017. President Trump plans to revisit health care reform first to generate the savings needed for "phenomenal" tax reform.
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