The Trump administration’s revived rule to end rebates that drugmakers give to middlemen in Medicare is awaiting approval from the Office of Management and Budget and a final rule could be imminent, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The administration has said the rule would drive down the prices consumers pay for prescription drugs. An earlier version of the rule, a signature part of President Trump’s plan to lower drug prices, was withdrawn in 2019 because some White House advisers raised concerns that it could…

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