U.S. Drug Lobby Group Taps Tauzin for Top Job
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The former chairman of the U.S.  House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, who  earlier this year ended negotiations to head the pharmaceutical  industry's top lobby after critics questioned the ethics of the  move, has now accepted the post, the group said on Wednesday.
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A Senate committee is scheduled to  take action next week on President George W. Bush's pick to  head the Food and Drug Administration, the panel's chairman  said on Wednesday.
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Senators on Tuesday pressed Health and Human Services nominee Mike Leavitt for a permanent commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration, which has been without one for nearly a year amid rising concerns about the safety of drugs on the market.
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Eli Lilly and Co  on Tuesday said Sidney Taurel, the drugmaker's longtime chief executive officer, will retire on March 31 and will be succeeded by Chief Operating Officer John Lechleiter.
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New York's attorney general on Thursday named a legislative leader for a nonpartisan public-interest group to create an Internet database to track links between elected officials and lobbyists and campaign donors.
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When representatives from Major League Baseball met with members of the Albany, N.Y., district attorney's office Monday they were looking to get a better handle on the investigation into an extensive prescription-drug distribution ring, a probe that already has seen a number of major league players linked to the purchase of performance-enhancing drugs.
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Some pharmaceutical companies are telling their employees to look out for the scruffy guy in the baseball cap. The Houston Chronicle reported Saturday that at least six drug companies
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Retiring US Rep. Billy Tauzin, former House Commerce Committee chairman and a principal architect of the prescription drug benefit for Medicare, will become the new president and CEO of
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A former US House of Representatives committee chairman, who earlier this year ended negotiations to head the pharmaceutical industry&#39;s top lobby after critics
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Retiring US Rep. Billy Tauzin, who left his post as head of the House committee that regulates the pharmaceutical industry earlier this year, will become head of the industry&#39;s top lobbying group next month.
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The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America announced yesterday that retiring Rep. WJ&quot;Billy&quot; Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the powerful House Committee on Energy and Commerce until
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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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WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush has nominated Kellogg chairman Carlos Gutierrez as commerce secretary, picking a Cuban refugee who rose to the top of the biggest US cereal maker as the chief advocate for American business.
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Pfizer Inc.  said on Friday  that Constance Horner, a member of the drug maker's board since  1993, has been elected lead director effective February 23.
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The nomination was announced just before a widely anticipated three-day meeting of a drug-advisory committee that starts.
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Ed Gillespie, a high-dollar Washington lobbyist and long-time go-to guy for President Bush and the Republican Party, is replacing Dan Bartlett as White House counselor in the president's inner circle.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; The pharmaceutical industry on Wednesday named as its top lobbyist a longtime congressman who had been among those overseeing it. The new job is said to come with a &#36;1-million-plus salary.