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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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From: bentway8/12/2009 12:32:57 AM
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PhRMA Walks Back Claim Of White House Deal

Aug 11 2009, 10:24 am by Sam Stein
politics.theatlantic.com

In yet another in a series of evolving statements and backtracks, an official with the country's major pharmaceutical lobby said on Monday that it never struck a "quote, unquote secret deal with the White House" that would have prohibited the government from negotiating lower drug prices for Medicare.

"It was never brought up at the meeting," said Ken Johnson the senior vice president for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, just days after his boss told the New York Times that the White House's commitment to not support price controls was, as far as he was concerned, "a done deal."...
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