PhRMA 2005 Annual Meeting Will Be Held In D.C.
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The trade association last met in Washington a decade ago during the Clinton health care reform debate. The change in venue will minimize negative connotations of PhRMA's traditional resort locales, while giving incoming CEO Billy Tauzin more national media exposure for his first annual meeting.
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