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Who Runs Washington? The Long Reach Of Big Pharma
By Tony Cartalucci | New Eastern Outlook | June 4, 2016

http://www.mintpressnews.com/runs-washington-long-reach-big-pharma/216943/?utm_content=buffer3af82&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

"Leaked diplomatic letters sent from Colombia’s Embassy in Washington describe how a staffer with the Senate Finance Committee, which is led by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, warned of repercussions if Colombia moves forward on approving the cheaper, generic form of a cancer drug."

"The repercussions included threats to derail the $450 million “Peace Colombia” initiative aimed at ending decades of fighting in the South American nation that has claimed nearly a quarter of a million lives."

"What is perhaps most appalling about this most recent episode is that Novartis’ “patent” is for a drug developed using public funding over several decades through the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH).