Here's a perfect example of how industry-sponsored lobby groups distort good science, de-rail reasonable policy, and sabotage practical initiatives that save lives:
Sally Pipes, the CEO and President of the Pacific Research Institute, authored an op-ed in the Bellingham Tribune entitled: "Thailand's misuse of 'compulsory licensing' allowed corrupt officials to steal millions".
The article is a bunch of lies. Period.
Robert Weissman, the director of Essential Action, "a public health advocacy and corporate accountability group based in Washington," replies to Pipes' hack-job in yesterday's Bellingham Tribune.
Weissman refutes Pipes' baseless claims one by one. He also points out a minor conflict of interest that Pipes' failed to disclose...
And that's just where the fun begins
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