Bill's failure won't stop negotiations, speaker says

The bill [Joe Manchin] introduced did not have that hammer. [Bob Kiss], D- Raleigh, and other House leaders added it to the bill, but Sens. Billy Wayne Bailey, D-Wyoming, and Don Caruth, R-Mercer, introduced an amendment that removed it once again. Last year, the Legislature passed a bill and a reso...

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Published inKnight Ridder Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Finn, Scott
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 11.04.2005
Subjects
Councils
Drug prices
Kiss, Bob
Manchin, Joe
Negotiations
Perdue, Don
Pharmaceuticals
Prescription drugs
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Summary:The bill [Joe Manchin] introduced did not have that hammer. [Bob Kiss], D- Raleigh, and other House leaders added it to the bill, but Sens. Billy Wayne Bailey, D-Wyoming, and Don Caruth, R-Mercer, introduced an amendment that removed it once again. Last year, the Legislature passed a bill and a resolution that gave the hammer to the Pharmaceutical Council, Kiss said. So even though the pharmaceutical advocate wasn't given the hammer, the Pharmaceutical Council still has one. Now attention shifts to Manchin, said House Health and Human Resources Chairman Don Perdue, D-Wayne. More than half of the members of the Pharmaceutical Council are Manchin administration officials.