Mixed Outcome on Eli Lilly's Zyprexa Gag Bid
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Federal court judge Jack B. Weinstein has lifted an injunction on U.S.
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Shell and Edelman "Bring the Gasoline Experience Home"
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Drug Company Funds Direct-To-Consumer Movie
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Johnson & Johnson's biopharmaceutical unit, Centocor, "has developed a documentary film to serve as the centerpiece of a national campaign," reports O'Dwyer's. The movie, "Innerstate," follows "three patients living with chronic diseases like Crohn's disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis -- ailments for which Centocor markets treatments.
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Texas Coal Showdown Spawns Multiple Front Groups
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"The politics of Texas power and pollution have moved suddenly into the living rooms of millions of Texans," over "electric companies' plans to build 16 coal-burning plants using conventional technology that pollutes more than a newer coal system." In addition to lobbying, interested parties are launching ad campaigns and websites and forming new "pressure groups." Campaigning for the coal plants are: Texans for Affordable and Reliable Power, which receives funding from the Dallas-ba
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Moms, Marketers, Fake News and New Media
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Roche Fined for Doctors' Feast
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Source: Guillaume restaurant at the Sydney Opera House
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Monsanto Mulled PCB "Smokescreen"
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The United Kingdom's Environment Agency has opened an investigation into toxic groundwater contamination in south Wales after examining evidence that Monsanto knowingly contracted to dump thousands of tons of waste in British landfill sites. In 1968, a Monsanto committee secretly considered disposal options for Aroclor, a trade name for cancer-causing PCBs, and wrote: "[I]t will be impossible to deny the presence and persistence of Aroclors. ...
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DynCorp's New Hired Guns: Qorvis Communications
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Flowery Fake News Deemed Evergreen
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Valentine's Day is approaching, and the public relations industry is readying fake news promotions for jewelry, candy, flowers and other traditional gifts.
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Turf Changes Favor Corporate "Grassroots" Lobbyists
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"When Congress reeled in traditional lobbyists in January, it gave a boost to lobby firms and trade associations that specialize in swaying lawmakers by stirring public sentiment in their districts," writes Jessica Holzer. House and Senate bills "ban gifts and trips from lobbyists," but "lobbyists escaped having to disclose their grassroots activities when the Senate ...
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