Article: Pfizer drafting customers to lobby Drug maker hopes form letters opposing price controls get forwarded to Congress

WASHINGTON - Ward Wetherell is used to receiving health tips about such topics as "good" cholesterol from Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug company. This month, however, the glossy brochure Pfizer sent to Wetherell's home in Needham tackled a national policy issue days after a crucial House of Representatives vote to lower prescription drug prices.

Congress needs to hear that market forces, not the government, should control prices, said the "For Living" brochure, which included form letters addressed to Wetherell's representatives in Congress. "History reminds us that when the government interferes in a free market and controls prices, the results can be dangerous," it warned.

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