Republican consulting firm FP1 Strategies and its sister public affairs firm PLUS Communications have been acquired by the public relations arm of advertising behemoth Omnicom.
Though there don’t appear to be any safety issues with the drugs, data suggests that phenylephrine is ineffective at relieving stuffy noses when taken orally.
The Association for Accessible Medicines, the generic drugmakers' industry group, laid off its top lobbyist and two other executives, and some of the association's K Street firms could be next.