Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S secured deals with the Trump administration to slash prices for weight-loss drugs in exchange for tariff relief and wider access for Medicare patients.

The deals with Lilly and Novo, announced Thursday, will make some of the most popular drugs in the world available to certain people on Medicare, the government health plan for older Americans, according to senior administration officials.

The companies’ products will receive a three-year grace period from Trump’s forthcoming duties on pharmaceutical imports, an official said, similar terms to those clinched by their rivals in previous drug-price deals.

The announcement comes days after Democrats soundly defeated candidates from Trump’s Republican Party in a series of off-year elections, in which the cost of living was a central issue. The Thursday event gives Trump a platform to demonstrate he’s focused on lowering prices for strapped American consumers who have panned his handling of the economy, polls show.

Starting next year, Medicare and Medicaid who also have other health conditions, including prediabetes and heart failure, will be able to purchase Zepbound and Wegovy for $245 a month, the officials said.

Lilly will also offer its shot for $50 a month less than the current price.

No criminal charges for Boeing in crashes

Boeing will not face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people after a federal judge in Texas on Thursday granted the government’s request to dismiss the case.

As part of a deal to drop the charge, the American aerospace company has agreed to pay or invest an additional $1.1 billion in fines, compensation for the crash victims’ families, and internal safety and quality measures.

Prosecutors alleged Boeing deceived government regulators about a flight-control system that was later implicated in the fatal flights. The ruling comes after an emotional hearing in September when relatives of some of the victims urged U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor to reject the deal and instead appoint a special prosecutor to take over the case.

Fortnite maker, Google settle fight

Video game maker Epic Games has reached a “comprehensive settlement” with Google that could end its 5-year-old legal crusade targeting Google’s Play Store for Android apps.

Epic and Google revealed the settlement agreement in a joint legal document they filed in a San Francisco federal court Tuesday.

They said it “would allow the parties to put their disputes aside while making Android a more vibrant and competitive platform for users and developers.”

Epic, which makes the hit online game Fortnite, won a victory over the summer when a federal appeals court upheld a jury verdict condemning Google’s Android app store as an illegal monopoly. The unanimous ruling cleared the way for a federal judge to enforce a potentially disruptive shake-up that’s designed to give consumers more choices. Google took another hit in October when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to protect it from the judge’s required app store makeover

Starbucks baristas prep for strike

Unionized Starbucks baristas are preparing to go on strike next week and disrupt one of the coffee chain’s busiest days aiming to secure a contract after years of sporadic and unsuccessful talks.

Starbucks Workers United representing employees at about 550 of the chain’s roughly 10,000 company-run US stores said members voted to give union leadership the ability to call for a work stoppage at any time if demands aren’t met. It’s now gearing up to launch strikes in more than 25 cities on Nov. 13. That’s the company’s popular holiday-themed Red Cup Day, which has been a previous union target. The labor actions could expand if there isn’t progress toward finalizing a contract and resolving legal disputes, said the union, which accused Starbucks of refusing to fairly negotiate.

“We are ready and willing to go on the biggest strike we’ve ever been on,” said Silvia Baldwin, a Philadelphia barista who is one of the delegates representing the union in negotiations. “If the company wants to avoid that, they can settle with us today.”

Compiled from Associated Press and Bloomberg reports.