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A civil rights icon finds a new arena: the drug industry

After four decades of fighting for civil liberties, Ralph Neas is now the top advocate for the Generic Pharmaceutical Association Leading a drug industry trade group might seem to be an unlikely job for a nationally known civil rights figure, but Ralph Neas, new president and CEO of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, has fashioned a long career from a seemingly unlikely background. Neas Neas also had rather unusual credentials when he became executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights back in 1981: He was a self-described “Rockefeller Republican” and a former Capitol Hill aide for two GOP lawmakers. “When I first took the job, one of… Read More