Group with consumer-friendly vibe pushes drugmakers' message

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ABC News - 3/18/2019 - Richard Lardner AP - As ominous music plays in the background, the narrator of a radio ad warns that a Trump administration proposal to apply international pricing to certain Medicare drugs would be a nightmare for seniors. The one-minute spot is the handiwork of the Alliance for Patient Access, a nonprofit group that gives off a consumer-friendly vibe but is bankrolled by the powerful pharmaceutical industry. It's also closely aligned with a Washington lobbying and public relations firm, Woodberry Associates, whose president, Brian Kennedy, is the nonprofit's executive director. Read more @ https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/wireS ... e-61754048