Phar­ma lob­by­ist and long­time Biden loy­al­ist Steve Ric­chet­ti joins the in­ner cir­cle head­ed to the White House as drug pric­ing re­mains a hot top­ic

One of Joe Biden’s clos­est ad­vis­ers has been tapped as the pres­i­dent-elect’s White House coun­selor, part of the in­ner cir­cle that will craft West Wing pol­i­cy ini­tia­tives for the next 4 years. And his record lob­by­ing for sev­er­al Big Phar­ma play­ers is al­ready draw­ing close scruti­ny from the pro­gres­sives in the De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty — as well as the con­ser­v­a­tive op­po­si­tion lin­ing up to op­pose their every move.

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