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Host this week on newsmakers, former republican congressman James Greenwood from pennsylvania, served from 1993 to and currently is president 2005 and ceo of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. We also have Peter Sullivan, reporter with the hill. And sarah carlon smith. Welcome to you all. Congressman, what is your organization, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization . James we are the National Trade association for about 1000 biotechnology companies. Most of them in the Drug Discovery business. When you think of pharma, they have the Biggest Companies in the industry merck, pfizer, Johnson Johnson. We have most of them as well, but one of the things that this distinguishes us, we have literally hundreds and hundreds of small Startup Companies on the cutting edge of biotechnology innovation of new medicines. Peter drug pricing is the hot issue. I will start with a general question. We have seen polling data that about 3 in 10 americans are basically rationing medicine because
Peter sullivan is a reporter withthe hell, and the hill. What is the Biotechnology Innovation Organization . Trade we are the national a Photo Association for about 1000 biotech companies, most in the Drug Discovery business. When you think of pharma with a capital p, they are the biggest companies, mercks, pfizer merck, pfizer, Johnson Johnson. What distinguishes us is we have hundreds of Startup Companies that are on the cutting edge of biotechnology innovation of new medicines. drug pricing is the hot issue. Thatve seen polling data about three in 10 americans are basically rationing medicine because they cant afford it. Does that indicate a problem here, the drug prices are too high . Problem. Is a it is not necessarily a problem of drug pricing. It is a problem of Insurance Coverage and the way insurers Insurance Products are designed. When we talk about drug pricing unaffordability, there are two moral principles. The first moral imperative applies to all the people for whom we h
Readings in the salyut us there are many things threatening the United States freedom of the press these days hawk watchers from Government Agency infiltration be a retired intelligence and security agents like John Brennan James clapper running around cable news rooms influencing news stories as pundits and experts to major Government Contractors like multibillionaire jeff bezos buying a major news outlet like the Washington Post but those are the show youre more center stage examples theres actually another more insidious major threat to our press these days and its name is wall street and its crushing local newspapers across the country olympia snow smith writes and take on wall street that all over the country private equity and hedge funds have been scooping up these cash strapped papers and looting them into irrelevance or bankruptcy in fact between 20042800 United States lost. More than a 5th of the local newspapers in newsrooms at these local newspapers they lost half of their
T america boom bust producer brant job or an r t america correspondent john hardy thank you guys for joining me thank you for the boom bust team for coming out and daniel i want to start mask you actually these big private equity firms like all the global new Media Investment group who are buying up all these local papers all around the country and then slashing and burning them essentially how are they making money off of these scorched earth tactics like why are they even getting involved what whats the prize for them right now its a familiar formula similar to the essentially the same playbook that we saw in the 1980 s. Where people and corporate raiders would find need to stress kompany you know raid it divest it and then just get rid of the body essentially when they were done draining the blood and thats essentially whats happening in a similar way with these newspapers corporate conglomerates like as you mentioned all the acquiring the denver post Gatehouse Media recently acquir