[Ip-health] CRP: How the biotech industry captured Washington's attention in 10 short years

[James Love]

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Subject: CRP's Biotech Report
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 15:20:20 -0400
From: Center for Responsive Politics <alerts@crp.org>
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CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS
MONEY IN POLITICS ALERT

Vol. 7, #19: July 9, 2003
tel: 202-857-0044, fax: 202-857-7809
email: info@crp.org, web: www.opensecrets.org;
www.capitaleye.org; www.fecwatch.org

THE BIOTECH REPORT

In less than a decade, the biotechnology industry has gained an
extraordinary amount of political clout in Washington. According
to research by the Center for Responsive Politics, the industry
has given close to $26 million in individual, PAC and soft money
contributions since 1989. Biotech companies and the
Biotechnology Industry Organization, their main trade group,
also spent nearly $143 million to lobby Congress, the White
House and the Food and Drug Administration between 1998 and
2002. For more information, including charts and graphs
detailing the industry's campaign contributions and lobbying,
please visit <http://www.capitaleye.org/> or one of the links
below:

The Biotech Boom:
How the biotech industry captured Washington's attention in 10 short years
<http://www.capitaleye.org/inside.asp?ID=91>

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