STAT+: Prominent pharmaceutical industry ally Anna Eshoo to retire
Rep. Anna Eshoo's retirement will be yet another loss of a Democratic champion for the pharmaceutical industry next election cycle
WASHINGTON — Rep. Anna Eshoo, one of the House of Representatives’ top Democrats on health care issues and a longtime pharmaceutical industry ally, is planning to retire, she announced Tuesday.
Eshoo’s retirement after 32 years in Congress will be yet another loss of a Democratic supporter for the pharmaceutical industry — and it didn’t have many to begin with. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) is also retiring. Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) future remains uncertain after he was charged with bribery.
Eshoo, whose district includes Silicon Valley, is the top Democrat on the House Energy & Commerce panel’s health subcommittee, where she has jurisdiction over the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and a wide range of health care issues.
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