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Pharmaceutical Industry Taps Edelman to Handle Bioterrorism

by Sheldon Rampton [1] — November 19, 2001 - 12:00am
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The Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) has hired Edelman Public Relations Worldwide to help position the pharmaceutical industry as a "leading source of information to the public" on the issue of bioterrorism. For the other side of the story, check out what Corpwatch.org has to say [6] about wartime profiteering by drug companies and the controversy on patented drugs which started when the first signs of anthrax attacks appeared in the US.

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Holmes Report, November 19, 2001; PR Week, November 26, 2001
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[6] http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/wto/featured/2001/ksingh.html