First-of-its-kind examination shows how widely pharma showers campaign cash at the state level

(By Lev Facher for STAT)

By the time Will Guzzardi, a state legislator in Illinois, called a vote on his controversial drug pricing reform bill, the crowd in the Springfield hearing room had suspiciously thinned. Three committee Democrats were suddenly missing, and, as a result, his bill failed by three votes.  Continue reading article here…

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