Trump Selects Corporate Lobbyist Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff
Wiles is co-chair at lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs and has represented clients in the tobacco, junk food, insurance, and coal industries.
Wiles is co-chair at lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs and has represented clients in the tobacco, junk food, insurance, and coal industries.
The pharmaceutical giant spent big bucks amid key international negotiations last year to protect record earnings.
A group of Republican senators sought to block U.S. support for an IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, a proposal that is strongly opposed by the pharmaceutical industry.
The plan, initiated by the Trump administration in January, would gut a key government power for making sure taxpayer-funded pharmaceuticals are available to the public at reasonable prices.
A last-minute Trump regulation would eliminate a key government authority that could be used against COVID vaccine price hikes.