The establishment by the European Parliament, last week, of the new standing committee on public health (SANT) - which in the previous European Parliament was only a subcommittee - could become a platform for lobbyists from the pharmaceutical sector and the tobacco industry, thus diverting from its main mission - protecting public health -, say several European deputies, according to a material published on the Euractiv.com website. Immediately after the new committee was established, Tiemo