Monday, March 5, 2012

Rawls brings Capitol Hill experience to BIO.(Biotechnology Industry Organization)(Brief Article)

The Biotechnology Industry Organization's new vice president for government relations said the election of George W. Bush likely lessens the possibility that Medicare prescription drug legislation will include price-fixing measures. "The election diminishes the chances of some form of price fixing -- they don't completely go away, but they diminish," said Lee Rawls, who will begin work with BIO Jan. 22, just two days after the Bush inauguration. Rawls, a longtime Capitol Hill insider, currently is the chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). Rawls is expected to bring to BIO extensive experience and an outstanding reputation for working and winning across a broad political …

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