[Mb-civic] -Prescription for Power: Drug makers' lobbying army ensures their legislative dominance

[Harold Sifton]

> Prescription for Power
> Drug makers' lobbying army ensures their legislative dominance
>
> WASHINGTON, April 28, 2005 - The deep-pocketed pharmaceutical and health
> products industry has lobbied on more than 1,400 congressional bills
> since 1998 and spent a whopping $759 million during that period, a
> Center for Public Integrity review of lobbying records revealed.
>
> Drug companies and manufacturers of health products have used more
> professional lobbyists in the last six and a half years-almost
> 3,000-than any other organized interest, the analysis also found.
>
> In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has scored a series of
> legislative victories on Capitol Hill, which could potentially translate
> into tens of billions of dollars of additional revenue to drug companies
> annually.
>
> To read the full report log on to http://www.publicintegrity.org.
>
>
> Nathan Kommers
> Center for Public Integrity
> 910 17th St. NW
> Washington, DC  20006
> ph: 202-481-1221
>
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