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National Desk | June 1, 2003, Sunday
Drug Companies Increase Spending on Efforts to Lobby Congress and Governments

By ROBERT PEAR (NYT) 1536 words
Late Edition - Final , Section 1 , Page 33 , Column 1

LEAD PARAGRAPH - Lobbyists for the drug industry are stepping up spending to influence Congress, the states and even foreign governments as the debate intensifies over how to provide prescription drug benefits to the elderly, industry executives say.

Confidential budget documents from the leading pharmaceutical trade group show that it will spend millions of dollars lobbying Congress and state legislatures, fighting price controls around the world, subsidizing ''like-minded organizations'' and paying economists to produce op-ed articles and monographs in response to critics.



 

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