Comments on: For Merck, One More Gardasil Market On The Way http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/for-merck-one-more-gardasil-market/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Justice in Michigan http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/for-merck-one-more-gardasil-market/#comment-217141 Justice in Michigan Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:45:35 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/for-merck-one-more-gardasil-market/#comment-217141 Thanks, Ed. I think the exception "suggests" the rule...or at least the overall inclination... Thanks, Ed. I think the exception “suggests” the rule…or at least the overall inclination…

]]> By: Ed Silverman http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/for-merck-one-more-gardasil-market/#comment-216710 Ed Silverman Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:58:03 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/for-merck-one-more-gardasil-market/#comment-216710 Hi Justice, Yes, but only to an extent. Last year, for instance, I interviewed a Maine lawmaker who resigned from WIG (which I believe is based in DC) over pharma influence. You can read about that here... http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/03/maine_lawmaker_exits_women_in/ Cheers ed Hi Justice,

Yes, but only to an extent. Last year, for instance, I interviewed a Maine lawmaker who resigned from WIG (which I believe is based in DC) over pharma influence. You can read about that here…

http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/03/maine_lawmaker_exits_women_in/

Cheers
ed

]]> By: Justice in Michigan http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/for-merck-one-more-gardasil-market/#comment-216702 Justice in Michigan Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:40:08 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/for-merck-one-more-gardasil-market/#comment-216702 Small point: My guess is that the history would suggest it is less that "Merck attempted to influence" Women in Government than that there was mutual interest from the beginning. WIG's benefactors have long included essntially every drug company on the planet, and a variety of companies that provide related products and services. So Merck would not have had to work hard. As I recall, WIG's headquarters and/or leadership based is Indianapolis, and central support comes from Indianapolis companies including Lilly. Small point: My guess is that the history would suggest it is less that “Merck attempted to influence” Women in Government than that there was mutual interest from the beginning. WIG’s benefactors have long included essntially every drug company on the planet, and a variety of companies that provide related products and services. So Merck would not have had to work hard. As I recall, WIG’s headquarters and/or leadership based is Indianapolis, and central support comes from Indianapolis companies including Lilly.

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