Drug lobby, under criticism, starts media campaign

A file photo showing the EpiPen auto-injection epinephrine pens manufactured by Mylan NV pharmaceutical company are seen in WashingtonBy Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The largest lobbying organization for pharmaceutical companies began running TV ads on Monday morning to improve the industry&;s image as criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump increases. The industry is touting developments in science by pharmaceutical companies and will spend "tens of millions" on television commercials, according to an announcement on Monday by officials of lobbying group PHRMA. Pharmaceutical companies may be facing their most difficult time ahead as criticism about the price of drugs continues to increase.

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White House says media delegitimizing Trump, won’t ‘take it’

Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus stands next to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as he talks to members of the media at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, FloridaThe White House vowed on Sunday to fight the news media "tooth and nail" over what officials see as unfair attacks on President Donald Trump, setting a tone that could ratchet up a traditionally adversarial relationship to a new level of rancor. A day after the Republican president used his first visit to CIA headquarters on Saturday to accuse the media of underestimating the crowds at his inauguration, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus expressed indignation at the reports and referred to them as "attacks." "The point is not the crowd size.

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Crowds swamp Washington for anti-Trump women’s march

A woman wearing a pink hat takes her seat near a man wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap before inauguration ceremonies swearing in Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United StatesLarge crowds of women, many wearing bright pink knit hats, poured into downtown Washington by bus, train and car on Saturday for a march in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump only a day after the Republican took office. The Washington event was expected to be the largest of a series of marches across the world in cities including Sydney, London, Tokyo and New York to criticize the new president&;s often angry, populist rhetoric. Trump has angered many liberal Americans with comments seen as demeaning to women, Mexicans and Muslims, and worried some abroad with his inaugural vow on Friday to put "America First" in his decision making.

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