Revolving Door
Revolving Door
Sergio Marchi
Ambassador Marchi was the Chair of the WTO General Council during the negotiation on Doha Paragraph 6.
- Bio as co-chair of APCO Worldwide’s International Advisory Council.
- Here is the Source Watch page on APCO. APCO clients include these pharmaceutical and medical device firms:
- Immunex Corporation
Howard Dean as a shill for BIO, on Biosimilars bill
Submitted by James Love on 19. July 2009 - 22:00The July 20, 2009 issue of BioCentury has an extensive report on the “Biosimilar fire Drill.” It discusses in detail the lobbying by the Biotechnology Industry Association (BIO, bio.org) to defeat efforts by President Obama, OMB, the FTC, Representative Waxman, Senator Brown, AARP, Public Citizen, PIRG, Consumers Union, KEI, Essential Action, and others, to reform the regulation to biologic medicines, so there is more generic competition.
Jon Santamauro, former US trade official now on BIO IGWG delegation
Submitted by thiru on 7. May 2008 - 11:15During the IGWG, BIO, the trade association, a group not yet in official relations with the WHO, was given the right to place four persons inside the closed drafting sessions. One of them was Jon Santamauro, who until recently was a US trade official on intellectual property issues.
“Mr. Santamauro has more than 15 years of experience handling intellectual property issues for the U.S. Government.”
Former WIPO employee (now with PhRMA) moonlights as BIO bouncer
Submitted by thiru on 7. November 2007 - 13:06Richard Kjeldgaard, a former Senior Counsellor in the Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and now employed by the U.S. based Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) performed his role as “bouncer” admirably today at a luncheon organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
