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Posts Tagged pharmaceutical research and manufacturers of america

Big Pharma Showers Home-State Senators With Campaign Cash

By | 09.25.09 | 9:56 am

It came as little surprise when Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) yesterday moved  to kill efforts to lower seniors’ drug costs by squeezing Big Pharma. After all, Baucus earlier in the year had agreed to a controversial deal with the drug lobby, under which More…

Showdown: Senate Dems Take on Obama, Baucus Over $80 Billion PhRMA Deal

By | 09.23.09 | 9:26 am

In the middle of June, the White House forged a deal with the nation’s largest drug makers. As part of the bargain — under which the pharmaceutical companies offered $80 billion over 10 years in reduced drug costs to seniors and the government — the administration vowed to More…