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"… travel of hundreds of FDA employees.The sponsor of the most trips was the Drug Information Association, which footed the bill for more than 600 trips taken by FDA employees. The …"

"… th ties to the pharmaceutical, biologic and medical device industries: the Drug Information Association, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, the Parenteral Dru …"