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Leaders from Washington’s biopharmaceutical industry, labor unions, and state legislature joined today at the Western Washington Sheet Metal Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Everett to discuss ways to work together to advance the goals of job creation, worker training and medical innovation.

This article, published in the Courier-Post, highlights the PILMA partnership following a New Jersey iron workers facility tour attended by Sen. Robert Menendez.

Fred D. Mason, President of the Maryland and DC AFL-CIO wrote the following op-ed published in the Prince George’s County Sentinel stressing the importance of 12 years of data exclusivity requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership in order to keep America competitive.

The member companies and unions of the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor Management Association (PILMA) applaud the Senate’s 96 to 1 vote today in favor of passage of S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.

Gregory S. Babe, President and CEO of Bayer Corp. wrote the following op-ed published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette emphasizing the need for higher education facilities to attract and retain women and minorities to pursue STEM degrees in order to keep America competitive.

Partners in Progress Magazine published the following article highlighting the longstanding partnership between unions and the pharmaceutical industry and the mutual benefits the groups receive by working alongside one another.