IP: could be a connection -- drug companies and campaign funding

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:09:31 -0400
> To: farber () central cis upenn edu (David Farber)
> From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com>
> Subject: drug companies and campaign funding
>
> Dave--in a quick search--Bayer Corp is indeed a donor to the RNC
>
> http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=H04&Cycle=2000
> see that Bayer is number 19 in largest pharmaceutical donors, over 
> $348,000 in election cycle 2000
>
> Cipro appears to be  their top-selling pharmaceutical
> http://194.231.159.252/index.cfm?PAGE_ID=749
>
> Check this out
> http://www.citizen.org/congress/reform/drug_industry/articles.cfm?ID=799
> for eye-opener about drug company contributions in general and also see 
> who's a drug company lobbyist-- the list of names (source date is 1999) is 
> familiar (scroll to Margaret Washington vs. Army of Lobbyists section.)
>
> another useful link
> http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/firm/bayer.html
> and
> http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/pharm-policy/2000-September/000349.html
> Newark Star-Ledge
> "Drug makers' cash fills GOP war chests "


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