Obamacare: A plan of, by and for special interests 
Washington Examiner
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) "Messina was at the center of PhRMA-White House cooperation from Day One," writes Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney For a law that supposedly sticks it to big business, President Obama's health care overhaul sure has a ...

 

Healthcare Business News Probe into White House, PhRMA dealings on reform law ... 
ModernHealthcare.com
15, 2010 e-mail message from then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina to Bryant Hall, who then served as PhRMA's chief lobbyist, suggesting an arrangement had been made and the White House was displeased with it.
Republicans Probe Drugmaker Political Support for Health Law Bloomberg
The ObamaCare drug deal Human Events
GOP probe uncovers deal between Obama and drug cos Washington Examiner (blog)

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Foreign efforts to lure US biopharmaceutical companies 
The Pharma Letter
The study, commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), further found that while many countries are cutting public expenditures, they are continuing to expand R&D incentives to attract and grow their ...

 

New Study Details Foreign Efforts To Lure Biopharmaceutical Companies 
MarketWatch (press release)
The study, commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), further found that while many countries are cutting public expenditures, they are continuing to expand research and development incentives to attract and grow ...
Top Drug Lobbyist Says U.S. Losing Resarch Jobs Overseas Bloomberg

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Backroom ObamaCare deal probed by GOP 
Fox News
In 2009, White House officials briefly described the back room deal as an agreement between the Senate Democrats and the industry's trade group, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PhRMA). ?I am pleased to announce that an agreement has been ...

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US risks losing drug research jobs overseas, top lobbyist says 
Ct Post
The pharmaceutical industry spends more on research than any other industry in the US and employs 650000 people, according to PhRMA. Drugmakers have been under pressure to cut costs as they brace to lose $120 billion in sales to generic competition by ...

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Massachusetts ?grassroots? organization is really just an advocacy group ... 
Wicked Local (blog)
The press release issued in March announcing the Massachusetts iteration of We Work For Health made no mention of PhRMA's role. Instead, the release listed a wide range of local nonprofits, Massachusetts chambers of commerce and other business groups, ...

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Drug Manufacturers Draw Attention For Politics And Pain Killers 
Kaiser Health News
Politico examines the relationship between industry-group PhRMA and congressional Republicans in the post-health-reform-debate landscape. If Republicans are mad about PhRMA's betrayal during the health reform debate, they sure have a funny way of ...
GOP's big drug(maker) addiction Politico

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GOP's post-SCOTUS plan takes shape - Both sides settle into debt fight ... 
Politico
PhRMA: WE WORK WITH CONGRESS, TOO ? House Republicans touted a new Energy and Commerce report yesterday they say proves the White House played a major role in cutting an $80 billion deal with drug manufacturers as the ACA was being crafted.

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HUFFPOST HILL - Chuck Brown Dies, Obama Visits Boutique Sandwich Shop And ... 
Huffington Post
[Earlier on HuffPost] PHRMA EMAILS COMING OUT - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released a few emails relating to the White House-PhRMA deal on health care reform, that everybody knew about but that they both denied anyway.

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