know pharmacist and iowa mayor bret parker. bret, thank you so much for joining the program. good morning. lawrence: so, mayor, what s causing all of this? i know inflation is hitting prpressure single sector. is it the same here when it comes to pharmaceuticals? yeah. i mean, this is something we see almost every year on january 1st. we see it to a lesser extent around july 1st where there are a lot of increases in drug prices is when a lot of those occur a lot of underlying variables. some of the things watching this year in the industry are changes this the inflation reduction act that are happening in the industry and some of the maybe unintended consequences that come from that as well. we see because drugmakers are going to be penalized increasing off launch list prices. it s expected that some drugmakers may actually launch higher than they normally would so they can get around that we
lawrence: yeah. i mean, i guess we shouldn t be shocked that this is happening. i just hope that, you know, when it comes to medicine, americans need this on a day-to-day basis. reach out to your pharmacist, whether small or large, and try to get as many savings as you can. hopefully it gets better. bret, thank you so much for joining the program. thank you very much. lawrence: you got it. this monday pittsburgh based company is hoping to make history by landing a privately owned spacecraft on the moon. the launch coming more than 50 years after the apollo mission. there is so much to learn. there is so much to be excited about. these missions are really challenging and risky. they are going to help us conduct new science. lawrence: so the lunar lander will be attached to a rocket and launch from the cape canaveral. let s check in with our meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather forecast. hey, adam. adam: hey, good morning out there, lawrence. what we re going to be ta