"The patient voice is speaking with a pharma accent." -- Advocacy groups raking in pharma bucks

Patient advocacy groups raking in pharmaceutical dollars.
High-profile advocacy groups for patients with cancer, Alzheimer’s, HIV and other diseases almost always accept funding from pharmaceutical firms, and many fail to report any contributions, new research shows....
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A new study shows that 83% of the largest patient advocacy groups take contributions from drug, medical device or biotech firms.