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NYT: 22 Republicans, 20 Democrats Used Lobbying Firm's Statements In House Health Care Speeches

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Statements, Roche, Health Care Reform Speeches, Ryan Mackinnon Vasapoli Berzok, Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Joe Wilson, Biotech, Democrats, House Speeches, Speeches, Michael Conaway, Outsourcing, Donald M. Payne, Yvette D. Clarke, Bill Pascrell, Genetech, Phil Are, Lee Terry, Lobbying Firms, Lynn Jenkins, Memos, Health Care Reform, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Robert A. Brady, Emails, Health Care, Republicans, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world's la...

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The Possiblity of a Pandemic and the Certainty of Diseases That Kill

Richard Chin | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Roche, Diarreal Diseases, OneWorld Health, World Health Organization, Diarrhea, Swine Flu, Advocacy, World News
Richard Chin

Diarrheal diseases, which kill approximately 2 million children under the age of five in every year continue to receive less attention than diseases like the swine flu virus.

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Thinking the Unthinkable: Six (Uncomfortable) Questions about the Swine Flu Outbreak

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Roche, Spanish Flu of 1918, Glaxosmithkline, Swine Flu, Pandemic, Who, Cdc, Tamiflu, Relenza, Dr. Michael Osterholm, Baxter International, Cidrap, Amanda Ripley, World News
Ben Sherwood

Are there enough antiviral medicines to keep us safe? Do face masks protect against swine flu? Is the world ready for a new pandemic?

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Roche To Take Over Genentech For $47 Billion

AP | ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Genentech, Roche, Roche Genentech, Business News

GENEVA — Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche agreed to pay $46.8 billion to buy the 44 percent of biotech pioneer Genentech that it doesn't already...

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The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Roche, Smoking, Economy, Food Crisis, Cargill, Aig, Corporate Power, Tax Evasion, Philippines, Osha, Imperial Sugar, HIV/AIDS, Corporate Crime, Darfur, Philip Morris, Dole, Cnpc, Corporate Greed, Constellation, Financial Crisis, Chevron, Nuclear Power, Ge, Business News
Robert Weissman

In keeping with our tradition of highlighting diverse forms of corporate wrongdoing, we included only one financial company on the 10 Worst list.

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Top European Drugmakers Back Stem Cell Testing

Reuters | Ben Hirschler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Roche, Stem Cell Research, AstraZeneca, Glaxosmithkline, European Drugmakers, Stem Cells, Business News

Three of Europe's top drugmakers have backed a new public-private scheme to use stem cells for safety testing of experimental medicines, signaling "bi...

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