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AIDS, Alzheimer's, Herpes Vaccines Are 'On The Horizon', Get Biotech Boost

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Alzheimer's, Biotech, Vaccine Research, Alzheimer's Vaccine, Drug Industry, Herpes Aids Alzheimer Vaccines, AIDS Vaccine, Herpes Vaccine, Technology News

MARIETTA, Pa. — Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Trave...

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Boehner's Big Gift to the Drug Industry

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Herbert, Health Care Reform, Medical Errors, Tort Reform, Drug Industry, John Boehner, Medical Malpractice, Transparency, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

It's always fun to see what politicians try to bury in fine print. Take, for example, the several hundred-page House Republican health care bill introduced by Mr. Boehner Of Ohio.

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How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Got Their Way On Health Care

TIME | Karen Tumulty and Michael Scherer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Drug Industry Lobbyists, Drug Lobbyists, Obama Pharmaceutical Industry, Drug Industry, Health Care Reform, Pharmaceuticual Industry, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

In Congress, committee chairmen are known as the old bulls for a reason: it's unwise to provoke them. So it isn't often that you see one get rolled by...

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Medicare Part D Creators Now Working For Lobbyists With Billions At Stake

ProPublica | Olga Pierce | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Means Ways Committee, Gop, White House, Breaux, Lobbyists, Don Nickles, Obama, Tarplin Downs Young, Tarplin, John Breaux, House Ways and Means Committee, Baucus, Billy Tauzin, Raissa Downs, Breaux Lott Leadership, Downs & Young, Part D, Michelle Easton, John McManus, Lobbying, Medicare Part D, Phrma, Reform, Democrats, Insurance Industry, Drug Industry, Health Care Industry, Max Baucus, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Thomas Scully, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

Four years ago, a group of lawmakers and aides crafted Medicare Part D, the prescription drug program for seniors that has produced billions of dollar...

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This Week In Cheating: Drugs

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Trial, Fosamax, Pants!, Merck, Drug Industry, Class Action, Pfizer, Addiction, Trap, Scandal, Awesome, Pharmaceutical Industry, Settlement, Satire, Vioxx, Wyeth, Rachel Maddow, Marketing, Neurontin, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

So, let me get this straight: Pfizer is the drug company who'll lie to you, but Merck's the one that'll kill you?

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Drug Industry Payback For White House Surrender: $150 Million In TV Advertising

New York Times | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Big Pharma, Drug Industry Payback, Drug Industry Lobbyists, Drug Industry, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care Concessions, Ken Johnson, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Transparency, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The drug industry has authorized its lobbyists to spend as much as $150 million on television commercials supporting President Obama's h...

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Promises to the Drug Industry: Like Renegotiating NAFTA?

Dean Baker | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Drugs, Health Care, Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Drug Industry, Business News
Dean Baker

The government is giving the drug companies incentives to promotes their drugs even when they aren't the best medicine for patients. This goes directly against efforts to contain costs by promoting good medicine.

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White House Stands By Behind-The-Scenes Deal With Drugmakers Under Industry Pressure

New York Times | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Drug Industry Deal, Obama Drug Industry Lobbyists, Obama Drug Makers Deal, Obama Drug Makers, Obama Drug Industry, Drug Industry, Transparency, Politics News

Pressed by industry lobbyists, White House officials on Wednesday assured drug makers that the administration stood by a behind-the-scenes deal to blo...

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Drug industry, Pfizer lead in health lobbying

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The drug industry's trade group and one of the nation's biggest pharmaceutical companies reported spending more money than other he...

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Big Pharma Winning Most Of What It Wants In Health-Care Overhaul

Wall Street Journal | ALICIA MUNDY and LAURA MECKLER | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Drug Industry Obama, Pharmaceutical Industry, Drugmakers, Drug Industry, Drug Industry Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The pharmaceuticals industry, which President Barack Obama promised to "take on" during his campaign, is winning most of what it wants i...

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