** Shares of U.S drugmakers fall after President Trump signaled he would make an announcement next week on the cost of medicines
** Shares of Eli Lilly LLY.N and Abbvie ABBV.N fall 3% each, Merck MRK.N down 2.5%, Gilead GILD.O slip 2.4%, Amgen AMGN.O down 2.2%, Pfizer PFE.N fall 1.7%
** The S&P 500 healthcare sector .SPXHC falls 1.5%
** Trump said to reporters gathered at the White House the U.S. was being ripped off on medicine costs when compared to the rest of the world
** He also said that he plans to announce pharmaceutical tariffs over the next two weeks
** Trump's recent comments imply that pharma-specific tariff proposals are coming, but may not be as bad as expected, Jefferies says
(Reporting by Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru)
((Sriparna.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))
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