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FORMER VA SECRETARY PRINCIPI LOBBIES GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES FOR PFIZER -- Anthony J. Principi now
lobbies the
agency he used to run on behalf of pharmaceutical
giant.
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Story here...
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8V4A0V82.htm
Story below:
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Pfizer lobbied on pharmaceutical issues
from BusinessWeek
WASHINGTON -- Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug maker, spent $13.8
million to lobby the federal government in 2007.
The company lobbied on various appropriations bills, as well as on
pharmaceutical counterfeiting and imports, Medicare drug pricing, generic
drug settlements, veterans' health care issues, electronic prescribing,
foreign tax treaties, research and development tax credit extensions and
more, according to a disclosure form posted online Feb. 14 by the Senate's
public records office.
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The New York-based company, maker of the
top-selling cholesterol drug Lipitor, spent nearly $6.6 million in the
second half of 2007 to lobby on those issues.
Besides Congress, Pfizer lobbied the departments of Defense, Veterans
Affairs, Health and Human Services, Commerce and State, as well as the
Patent and Trademark Office, White House, Food and Drug Administration and
the U.S. Trade Representative's office.
Among those lobbying on the company's behalf were: Anthony Principi,
former U.S. Secretary for Veterans Affairs; Lisa Coen, a former director
for the National Security Council; John Halliwell, former chief of staff
to Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky.; Stephanie Henning, formerly of the House Ways
and Means Committee; and Kimberly Pinter, former tax counsel with the U.S.
Senate.
Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members
of the executive and legislative branches, under a federal law enacted in
1995.
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