{"id":4072,"date":"2008-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/01\/pmn77-sept08-upfront\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:32:12","slug":"pmn77-sept08-upfront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/articles\/pmn77-sept08-upfront\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s Better for Pharma: Obama or McCain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <b>Who&#8217;s Better for Pharma: Obama or McCain?<\/b> <br \/> Vol. 7, No. 7: September 2008   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s.aspx?sm=DMyy_2b1BEbOsbdzrKBFet5Q_3d_3d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Who's Better for Pharma: Obama or McCain?\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Obama_vs_McCainSurvey_BoxAd.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"125\" width=\"150\" hspace=\"8\"\/><\/a><b>Who do you plan to vote for?<\/b>                              Generally, I don&#8217;t ask pharma people about their politics, but this year I am making an exception &#8212; at least online and now through <i>Pharma Marketing News<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you intend to vote for: Obama or McCain? <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the main question I ask in a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s.aspx?sm=DMyy_2b1BEbOsbdzrKBFet5Q_3d_3d\">online survey<\/a>. But I also ask: Who&#8217;s Better for Pharma: Obama or McCain? Why? More&#8230;                                                      <b>PhRMA&#8217;s &#8220;Platform for a Healthy America&#8221;<\/b>                              I am interested in your opinions on healthcare reform because PhRMA, the US drug industry trade association, recently outlined its &#8220;Platform for a Healthy America.&#8221; More&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Download this article here:<br \/><a track=\"on\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/Article-Upfront-PMN77-Sept2008.pdf\" linktype=\"link\">http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/Article-Upfront-PMN77-Sept2008.pdf<\/a>                                                      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who do you plan to vote for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,6],"tags":[],"topic":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who&#039;s Better for Pharma: Obama or McCain? 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