Drug price hikes can damage company reputations: White HouseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday said pharmaceutical firms risked damaging their reputations with big price hikes, but it sidestepped commenting directly on Mylan NV’s decision to raise the price of its severe allergy treatment drug EpiPen. “I’m obviously not going to make specific comments to specifically second guess the pricing strategy ... of one private enterprise,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said at a news briefing. “I will observe, however, that pharmaceutical companies that often try to portray themselves as the inventors of life-saving medication often do real damage to their reputation by being greedy and jacking up prices,” he said. politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Drug price hikes can damage company reputations: White HouseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday said pharmaceutical firms risked damaging their reputations with big price hikes, but it sidestepped commenting directly on Mylan NV’s decision to raise the price of its severe allergy treatment drug EpiPen. “I’m obviously not going to make specific comments to specifically second guess the pricing strategy ... of one private enterprise,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said at a news briefing. “I will observe, however, that pharmaceutical companies that often try to portray themselves as the inventors of life-saving medication often do real damage to their reputation by being greedy and jacking up prices,” he said. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: drug price hikes damage company reputations white housewashington reuters the white house wednesday said pharmaceutical firms risked damaging reputations big price hikes sidestepped commenting directly milan nv decision raise price severe allergy treatment drug pipe i obviously going make specific comments specifically second guess pricing strategy one private enterprise white house spokesman josh earnest said news briefing i observe however pharmaceutical companies often try portray inventors medication often real damage reputation greedy backing prices said politicsnews