Our Daily Meds : The drug industry has two lobbyists for ever member of congress in the US

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"Congress too is in the grip of the [ drug ] industry," Bill Moyers revealed while interviewing Melody Petersen, author of a new book called Our Daily Meds: How The Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines And Hooked The Nation On Prescription Drugs.

"[ Melody ] Petersen reports that in a recent six-year period, big pharma spent more on lobbying than any other industry, and now employs two lobbyists for ever member of congress." Former New York Times Journalist

Melody former covered the drug industry for the New York Times

Melody, who formerly covered the drug industry for the New York Times, revealed this last Friday night, May 16th, 2008, in an interview with Bill Moyers on his PBS television program Journal.

REFERENCE

Petersen M. Our Daily Meds : How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

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