In Bed with Pfizer (Linda Flores)

[Robbien]

Just four days after the latest FDA-approved multi-million dollar blockbuster drug Bextra was pulled from the market, the Republican leadership allowed a hearing on a bill that would eliminate the rights of Oregonians to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable when their drugs cause harm to Oregon consumers. HB 2743, heard this morning in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Law, would protect big drug companies from being held accountable in Oregon’s courts, as long as the drugs were approved by the FDA. HB 2743


Flores, Mannix, Big Campaign Money

HB 2743 is sponsored by Linda Flores, who said the special treatment she received from big drug companies wouldn’t influence her policies when dealing with the pharmaceutical industry as a Representative in Salem. Yet now she is sponsoring legislation that exists almost exclusively to protect those same big pharmaceutical companies. Perhaps it wasn’t only the expensive meals at the RNC. Perhaps the thousands of dollars they’ve donated to her campaigns made a difference as well.

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