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'Delay, Distract, and Derail': New Report Reveals How Plastic Polluters Have Avoided Regulation Worldwide for Decades
As AstraZeneca Signs Deal With EU, Critics Warn Big Pharma Push for Covid Vaccine Liability Protections a 'Dangerous Precedent'
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will supply the European Union with up to 400 doses of a still-in-development Covid-19 vaccine, officials announced in August. (Photo: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)
"Governments need to resist pharma pressure and be transparent."
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Amid Growing Antitrust Concerns, Facebook Goes 'Faceless' in DC With New Lobby Group
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Facebook feed
"No surprise—it's fighting back as lawmakers conduct an antitrust probe and are...
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Explosive Whistleblower Complaint by Ousted HHS Official Says He Was Pressured to Give Contract to Trump-Friendly Pharma Firm
Julia Conley, staff writer
Vaccine expert Dr. Rick Bright was ousted from his HHS position last month in...
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to the media after the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27, 2019 in Miami.
'Uncharted Waters': DC Lobbyists Panic Over Possibility of Sanders Win
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) at a kick-off event for their Green New Deal legislation on February 7, 2019.
Ocasio-Cortez Takes Aim at Crowley and Kennedy For Challenge to Green New Deal Co-Champion Ed Markey
Trade organizations are using nonprofit tax rules to wriggle out of disclosing spending, according to a new report.
'Distressing': Report Details How Trade Organizations Plow Billions in Unaccountable Cash to Lobby Lawmakers
An Exxon sign in Framingham, MA.
Following Monsanto, Exxon Could Be Next US Corporation to Face EU Lobby Ban

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