NEW: Bernie Sanders accepted pharmaceutical executives' donations prior to new pledge calling on Democratic candidates to reject donations from health insurance and pharma industry executives, according to an ABC News review of FEC records.
As Bernie Sanders prepares to call on his fellow Democratic presidential candidates to reject donations from health insurance and pharmaceutical industry executives Wednesday during what is being labeled as a"major address" in Washington, D.C., an ABC News review of FEC records found that Sanders himself has accepted some of the types of donations during this campaign cycle that he's promising not to take.
What I want is for every person in this country to have the dignity of being able to get the medical care they need, when they need it. I want #MedicareForAll. One of the individuals who gave to the Sanders campaign is Lynn McRoy, who identifies herself on her LinkedIn page as vice president and global medical lead, breast cancer at Pfizer. She's additionally identified as the breast cancer lead with U.S. Medical Affairs at Pfizer Oncology in an October 2018 press release. Pfizer is among numerous pharmaceutical companies on Sanders' list.
Another donation of $1,000 came from Schiffon Wong, who identifies herself on LinkedIn as the executive director, global evidence and value development at EMD Serono, a company covered on Sanders' list that describes itself as a “biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S.” Both EMD Serono and Merck are on Sanders' list.
"This pledge was launched today with our full knowledge that some money may need to be returned," Sanders campaign spokesperson Sarah Ford told ABC News."We're glad to donate the three donations worth $2700 out of nearly $40 million received since launch."
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