From ip-health:

"Pharma had 1,814 flacks at work last year and 
1,309 in the first 3 months of this year. That’s 
12 percent of all the lobbyists in Washington. 
Last year alone the drug industry spent $234 
million on lobbying. In the first three months of 
this year, it spent more than $66.5 million­$1.2 million a day.
...
"Big Pharma’s generous “concession” starts to 
look like nothing more or less than a pitch to 
keep people taking expensive brand name drugs, 
and keep the government­and the taxpayers­funding them."

<http://ampedstatus.com/congress-12-million-a-day-drug-habit-and-pharmas-phony-gift-to-health-care-reform>http://ampedstatus.com/congress-12-million-a-day-drug-habit-and-pharmas-phony-gift-to-health-care-reform 


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