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Ron Johnson: “Big Pharma has captured the very agencies that are supposed…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Ron Johnson: We need disruption in Washington, D.C.

Published | Video Starts at 04:19

You know, we still need, you know, drug manufacturers to, you know, create the scientific and medical breakthroughs. But what I've certainly noticed, and I think millions of Americans did see this is Big Pharma has captured the very agencies that are supposed to regulate them. The reason they spend all this money in advertising isn't to advertise their drugs, is to capture the narrative of the media. (04:19–04:25)

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Asserts that pharmaceutical companies have undue influence over regulatory agencies.

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