John Sarbanes actually said...

the public has a perception, which I think is fairly grounded in reality, that industries like the PBM industry, the pharmaceutical industry, there are many more but, just for today's proceedings, have undue influence on how policy gets made in Washington with respect to drug pricing and all kinds of other things.

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Sarbanes discusses public concerns about pharmaceutical industry influence on policy.

05/08/2019

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