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Biotech/Pharma Lobbying Scoreboard - Part II

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

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By Donald Zuhn -- For the past few months, Patent Docs has been following and reporting on biotech and pharma lobbying efforts. Our interest in this topic stems from the push by Congress over the past year to pass patent reform and follow-on biologics legislation, and corresponding efforts by corporations and organizations during that time to lobby on this legislation. In previous reports, we noted that a handful of biotech/pharma companies spent significant amounts of money lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2008, including: ? Abbott Laboratories -- $880,000 ? Amgen Inc. -- $2.5 million ? Cephalon,...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).

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