A Pharma Front Group Has Spent $1.2 Million Backing Kyrsten Sinema
A front group funded by Big Pharma is running more ads praising Kyrsten Sinema — perhaps in gratitude for her role in gutting Democrats’ drug pricing plan.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) leaves the Senate chamber following a vote on November 3, 2021. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
A dark money group funded by drugmakers is blanketing the Arizona airwaves to build up support for Democratic senator Kyrsten Sinema, who just helped gut Democrats’ drug pricing plan.
Center Forward, which has long been bankrolled by the powerful drug lobby Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), has spent roughly $1.2 million to promote Sinema in Arizona since September, according to data from AdImpact.
The group’s ad campaign initially started shortly before Politico reported that Sinema had informed the Biden White House that she opposed the party’s plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
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