Pharma Outpaces All Other Industries In US Federal Lobbying Spending
Executive Summary
Over the past 20 years, the pharmaceutical industry has notched a series of wins with its extraordinary federal lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions. A new JAMA Internal Medicine study examines spending from 1999-2018.
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