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Legislative

Marketing Tax Provision Escapes Senate Vote

Marketing Tax Provision Escapes Senate Vote

Jan. 13, 2017 – An amendment introduced by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) to eliminate the tax deduction for drug marketing costs was not included in this week’s Senate voting on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, thanks to immediate action by The Advertising Coalition (TAC), which focused on messages to all Senate offices that […]

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CHC News

Kamp: Coalition Will Continue to Fight for Free Flow of Information

Kamp: Coalition Will Continue to Fight for Free Flow of Information

Nov. 28, 2016 – Although President-elect Donald Trump was not who the Coalition for Healthcare Communication was preparing for in 2017, the organization will stay true to its mission of promoting and protecting the free flow of healthcare information under the Trump administration, according to Coalition Executive Director John Kamp, who spoke at the recent […]

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CHC News

Coalition Meeting: Moving Forward in Washington, D.C.

Coalition Meeting: Moving Forward in Washington, D.C.

Nov 18, 2016 – Although many in the medical marketing industry were bracing for a post-election drug pricing battle with Hillary Clinton, instead they are taking a beat and preparing for the uncertainty of a new regime under President-elect Donald Trump, according to speakers at the Coalition for Healthcare Communication’s member meeting held Nov 15-16 […]

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Washington Focus

Kamp: Moving forward after the election

Kamp: Moving forward after the election

Nov. 11, 2016 – Post-election report from Coalition for Healthcare Communication Executive Director John Kamp: The pollsters and pundits sure got it wrong. As they look back to correct their errors, the new reality of a Trump Administration and a Republican-controlled House and Senate provides some clues to the future of our industry. As our […]

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CHC News

Purple Strategies’ Haynes to Keynote at CHC Member Meeting in D.C.

Purple Strategies’ Haynes to Keynote at CHC Member Meeting in D.C.

Sept. 29, 2016 — Bruce Haynes, founding partner and president of Purple Strategies, will give the keynote address at the Coalition for Healthcare Communication Member Meeting to be held in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 15-16. Haynes works with some of the world’s best-known brands in the areas of strategy and message development, research, advertising, media […]

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Prescription Drug Marketing Targeted by Hillary Clinton

Sept. 24, 2015 – Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton just announced that she would “demand a stop to excessive profiteering and marketing by denying tax breaks for direct-to-consumer [DTC] advertising and demanding that drug companies invest in R&D in exchange for taxpayer support,” according to a briefing released this week by her campaign. Under Clinton’s plan, […]

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New Tax Reform Legislation Includes Limit on Ad Tax Deductions

Feb. 27, 2014 – As expected, tax reform legislation introduced yesterday by Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) includes a provision limiting the advertising cost deductions to 50 percent over the first year with an amortization of the remaining deductions over 10 years, with a loophole for the first million dollars of […]

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