{"id":7815,"date":"2006-11-21T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/wooing-dems-thank-you-mr-kindler\/"},"modified":"2019-02-21T01:26:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:26:47","slug":"wooing-dems-thank-you-mr-kindler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/blog\/wooing-dems-thank-you-mr-kindler\/","title":{"rendered":"Wooing Dems: Thank You Mr. Kindler!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Financial Times (FT), the recent changing of the guard at several big drugmakers, including Pfizer, the world&#8217;s largest, may make it easier for drug industry lobbyists to woo democrats. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Democrats may be more willing to lend an ear to chief executive Jeffrey Kindler than former chief executive Hank McKinnell, who was a large donor to the Republican party,&#8221; reported FT (see &#8220;<a style=\"font-family: arial;\" href=\"http:\/\/\/\">Big Pharma on a mission to woo Democrats<\/a>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>FT went on to report &#8220;Records collected by the Center for Responsive Politics show that Mr Kindler donated $10,200 in this election cycle. The beneficiaries were all Democrats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s about 0.2% of the $4.5 million Pharma donated to Democratic candidates (vs. $10 million lavished on Republicans). Some hedge bet!<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kindler&#8217;s largesse notwithstanding, the drug industry is marshaling its forces to defend its gains. As I mentioned in yesterday&#8217;s post (see &#8220;<a style=\"font-family: arial;\" href=\"http:\/\/pharma-mkting.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/whats-in-store-from-congress.html\">What&#8217;s In Store from Congress?<\/a>&#8220;), there are several proposed legislative changes that the industry is anticipating it must fight. What&#8217;s your opinion?<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\"><p>Take the Pharma Marketing News Online Survey<br \/>Pharma Marketing News is currently hosting an online survey to determine how likely these changes are according to pharmaceutical marketing experts. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s.asp?u=764552912613\">take the survey here<\/a>. You will be able to see a de-identified summary of the current results after you complete the survey. I plan to also write up a summary of the results for the December issue of the newsletter. 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