tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post2507795516226937544..comments2024-03-27T21:03:58.972-04:00Comments on Just A Life Sciences Blog...: LIVE VIDEO STREAM -- May 8, 2008 -- Rep. Stupak's Oversight of Pharma DTC HearingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-40262544667217030682008-05-09T23:28:00.000-04:002008-05-09T23:28:00.000-04:00At the Committee Hearing on DTC Advertising this T...At the Committee Hearing on DTC Advertising this Thursday, all the pharmaceutical industry "<EM>friendly</EM>" questions -- and outright defenses -- of Pharma's DTC advertising -- came from one or more of these House Republicans:<BR/><BR/>Rep. Whitfield (R-KY), who gets <A HREF="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/can_give/2007_H4KY01040" REL="nofollow">significant PAC money (per FEC.gov website)</A> from Abbott, Smith Kline Beecham, Merck, Novartis and Lilly, among others.<BR/><BR/>Rep. Burgess (R-TX), who gets <A HREF="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/can_give/H2TX26093" REL="nofollow">significant PAC money (per FEC.gov website)</A> from Amgen, HCA, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Medimmune, Novartis, Roche and Schering-Plough, among others. <BR/><BR/>Rep. Ferguson (R-NJ), who gets <A HREF="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/can_give/H8NJ06118" REL="nofollow">significant PAC money (per FEC.gov website)</A> from Bristol Meyer Squibb, Becton Dickinson, CR Bard, Merck and Johnson & Johnson, among others. <BR/><BR/>Rep. Barton (R-TX), who gets <A HREF="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/can_give/H2TX31028" REL="nofollow">significant PAC money (per FEC.gov website)</A> from Bayer, among others. <BR/><BR/>Rep. Shimkus (R-IL), who gets <A HREF="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/can_give/2007_H2IL20042" REL="nofollow">significant PAC money (per FEC.gov website)</A> from Merck, Pfizer, Smith-Kline-Beecham, Novartis and others. <BR/><BR/>Gee -- that's interesting, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com