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WASHINGTON — A top Democratic senator is asking PhRMA and BIO, the major pharma and biotech industry trade groups, to detail what they are doing to address sexual harassment at their members’ companies, particularly after an industry event earlier this month featured topless dancers.

In two letters sent Thursday and shared with STAT, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington cited “problematic public reports of gender discrimination and objectification.”

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