COLUMBUS - Pharmaceutical makers,
whose protests kept a proposal for prescription drug discounts off this
November's statewide ballot, are fighting county-by-county against a petition
drive aiming for the 2004 election.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America is challenging
petition signatures in 41 of Ohio's 88 counties - based on details such as
penmanship or leaving "township road" off a street name in an address.
If a county elections board rules against the Albany, N.Y.-based trade
association, it goes to court, the Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday
The drive is sponsored by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs,
which includes unions, the Ohio chapter of AARP, the Ohio Council of Churches,
the Ohio Nurses' Association and the League of Women Voters.
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