Congressman named drug industry lobbyist
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The pharmaceutical industry on Wednesday named as its top lobbyist a longtime congressman who has been among those overseeing it. The new job is said to come with a $1 million-plus salary.
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The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced that a technology industry lobbyist will become the nation's top cyber-security official, filling a key post that has been vacant since Congress created the position more than 14 months ago.
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Representative Billy Tauzin will become president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the chief lobby for brand-name drug companies.
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The House voted to drag into public view the role lobbyists play in soliciting and collecting political contributions.
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Retiring Rep. Billy Tauzin, who once led the House committee that oversees drug makers and helped write the bill to expand Medicare prescription coverage, will become the head
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U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen is preparing legislation that would allow states to make prescription drugs more affordable for low- and moderate-income Americans, a challenge to Bush administration policies that have thwarted such efforts in Maryland and elsewhere.
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A top Republican lawmaker raised  concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability  to monitor drug safety following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of  its arthritis drug last week, according to a letter made public  on Tuesday.
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A top Republican lawmaker raised concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor drug safety following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of its arthritis drug last week, according to a letter made public on Tuesday.
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The issue of drug advertising directly aimed at consumers is becoming political.
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Lobbying and other political spending by the pharmaceutical industry includes:
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WASHINGTON &#151; Safety concerns about a GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug prompted some Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to rebuke the Food and Drug Administration and call for increased regulation of the pharmaceutical industry.
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It would seem a drug executive&#39;s dream come true. A week ago Thursday, the secretary of health and human services summoned the top officials of MedImmune to his office in Washington to ask
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November 29, 2004 -- ALBANYâ State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today will call for banning lobbyists&#39; gifts to lawmakers and an end to lobbying for government contracts, in a platform aimed at the heart of power politics in Albany.
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US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford on Friday agreed to meet with a top Republican lawmaker about the agency&#39;s handling of safety concerns over Merck &amp; Co Inc.
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The anti-industry crusader targets pharmaceuticals.
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US drugs regulators made two trips to Capitol Hill last week to defend themselves before Congress. They are likely to return soon, after their efforts to reassure lawmakers and the public
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Pfizer Inc. , Merck &amp; Co. , and fellow drug makers thought Republican congressional majorities and President Bush's reelection created a firewall against legal prescription drug imports. The wall is starting to crack.