Few people in government care about the pharmaceutical industry. The states with the most pharmaceutical employment are North Carolina, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. U.S. representatives with constituents in those states may care slightly about pharmaceutical industry interests. Everyone else is tired of paying 10x the price as Canada, UK, Germany, and Japan for same branded medicines. It is going to get more difficult for this industry to launch next greatest medicines to compete with fantastic generics. It didn’t help that marketing, sales, accounting and Lawyers get paid more than research scientists. Why get a PhD?