CBM was founded by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the Healthcare Leadership Council, a coalition of nearly 50 drug-makers, health care providers and hospitals. (http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v5/alertv5_28.asp; accessed 3/28/05) According to The Review of Policy Research, CBM was created, funded and is staffed by the pharmaceutical industry. (Cigler, Allan J. “Enron, a perceived crisis in public confidence, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002,” The Review of Policy Research, 5/1/04, p.233; Lankarge, Vicky. “Drugmakers spent $262 million to block Medicare benefit,” CBS MarketWatch, 7/26/01) According to The Review of Policy Research, CBM outlays on issue advocacy during the 2000 election campaigns averaged between $45-60 million. (Cigler, Allan J. “Enron, a perceived crisis in public confidence, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002,” The Review of Policy Research, 5/1/04, p.233)

Industry members:

• Abbott
• American Home Products
• Amgen
• Baxter Healthcare
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Cigna
• CVS
• Eli Lilly
• Glaxo Wellcome
• Guidant
• Hoffman-La Roche
• Johnson & Johnson
• Mallinckrodt Inc.
• Merck
• Pfizer
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
• Prudential
• Schering-Plough
• Tenet Healthcare
• United Seniors Association
• United Surgical Corporation

(http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v5/alertv5_28.asp; accessed 3/28/05)