Fw: ROLLCALL: More Inamed Propaganda to come

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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:06 PM

Subject: ROLLCALL: More Inamed Propaganda to come

> ~~~ Thanks to SweetCaroline for this news ...

>

> Look out world .. more Silicone Spin to come! Inamed failing to get

" safety "

> approval by the FDA is a coup de grace for the Spinners ... the media is

> already filled to the brim with their obfuscations on the risks of Inamed

> implants ~~~

>

> http://www.rollcall.com/pub/rainmakers/

>

>

>

> By Brody Mullins and E. Grass

>

> ROLL CALL STAFF

>

>

> Inamed Augments Lobby.

>

> Inamed, the world's leading maker of silicone breast implants and facial

> aesthetics, has tapped well-known Republican lobbyist Dan Cohen to open

and

> run a new government relations office in Washington.

>

> Cohen, now a lobbyist with Loeffler, Jonas & Tuggey, had represented the

> Santa Barbara, Calif.-based firm for the past year and a half as it worked

> to persuade the Food and Drug Administration to reverse a decade-old ban

on

> silicon implants.

>

> Cohen's departure comes shortly after Republican Mark Franz left Loeffler,

> Jonas & Tuggey, leaving the lobbying firm without any GOP lobbyists to

> support firm partner and former Rep. Tom Loeffler (R-Texas).

>

> Ironically, Cohen is among a group of Republican insiders who have worked

to

> implement the so-called " K Street Project, " a not-so-secret GOP plan to

> groom and place Republicans operatives in key lobbying positions around

> town.

>

> Cohen organizes annual golf tournaments for House Majority Leader Tom

DeLay

> (R-Texas) and Financial Services Chairman Mike Oxley (R-Ohio) as well as

> smaller fundraisers for a handful of House Republicans.

>

> He began his career as a member of a prominent class of College

Republicans

> that included Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.), Rep. Phil English (Pa.), political

> consultant Ralph , conservative activist Grover Norquist and lobbyist

> Jack Abramoff.

>

> Cohen started his Washington career as the foreign officer for the College

> Republicans when Abramoff was chairman and Norquist was executive

director.

> Later in his career, he worked for Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley

> (R-Iowa).

>

> Cohen also spent eight years at the American Israel Public Affairs

Committee

> beginning in 1986, where he is credited with helping to bring key

> Republicans such as DeLay into the pro-Israel community.

>

> At Inamed, Cohen plans to start a political action committee and add a few

> staffers to his roster. He will be in charge of the company's government

> affairs, corporate communications and investor relations activities. His

> goal will be to secure FDA approval of silicone implants, in addition to

> working on other regulatory and legislative issues.

>

> Silicone implants, first introduced in 1960, were banned in the mid-1990s

> because of alleged health risks. Silicone implants make up more than 90

> percent of the market outside the United States. Last fall, a Food and

Drug

> Administration panel recommended approving the implants, but the full FDA

> delayed a final decision until it gets more information.

>

>

> ~~~~~~~~

>

> For factual information on the FDA Disapproval of Inamed silicone gel

> implants, please visit:

>

> www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

>

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