Already at least one drug pricing reform advocacy group is declaring that the new Congress has “a mandate” to work to rein in the high prices of prescription medicines. Hugin’s loss Tuesday - coupled with the broader success for House Democrats, many of whom ran on platforms that featured plans to lower drug costs - underscore just how serious the issue has become in American politics. Read more: The reinvention of Bob Hugin: Amid anger over drug prices, a former pharma CEO makes a run for the Senate That had so little impact in the outcome in this race.” “Our economy, our life is better because of the life sciences industry. “Pharmaceutical companies, the life sciences industries, are American treasures,” he told STAT. New Jerseyans may not have wanted him in office, he said - but Celgene wasn’t why. Reflecting on his loss, just minutes after it was called by multiple television networks, Hugin lamented the bad rap the drug industry has acquired. He conceded early in the evening, telling a crowd of supporters dotted with red hats and blue shirts emblazoned with Hugin’s de facto campaign slogan - “send in a Marine” - that New Jersey deserved better.
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Bob Menendez, lost by nine points in his bid for New Jersey’s Senate seat on Tuesday. Hugin, who was running against Democratic Sen. Incessant attacks from his Democratic opponent, $3.5 million worth of ads labeling him “the guy who made a killing” by raising drug prices, and a pharma-focused interview on a nationally syndicated radio show beg to differ.
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On election night, Bob Hugin insisted it wasn’t his past as a pharmaceutical executive that did him in.