Jack W. Martin

Jack W. Martin "formed his own lobbying firm, Walker Martin & Hatch, which testifies on FDA on behalf of clients that include Bayer Healthcare, Bio-Technology General Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline, and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America." 

Jack Martin, "a veteran" of Senator Orrin Hatch's Senate staff," is partnered with Hatch's son Scott D. Hatch and Laird Walker, "another longtime associate of the senator, [who] became the third partner."

Martin, also a former Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, later was vice president for federal relations at Parry Romani & DeConcini, and a "registered lobbyist" for Abbott Laboratories, American Home Products, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Glaxo-Wellcome, Hoechst Marion Roussel, ICN Pharmaceuticals, Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Metagenics, Monsanto, Pfizer Inc., Pharmacia & Upjohn, Schering-Plough, and SmithKline Beecham. 

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