Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019
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Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)to promulgate regulations within 180 days permitting individuals to import a prescription drug purchased from an approved Canadian pharmacy if the drug is dispensed by a pharmacist licensed in Canada; is purchased for personal use in quantities not greater than a 90-day supply; is filled using a valid prescription issued by a physician licensed to practice in the United States; and has the same active ingredients, route of administration, dosage form, and strength as a prescription drug approved by the FDA. Under the bill, certain drugs may not be imported, including controlled substances and biological products. The bill establishes a certification process for approving Canadian pharmacies. The FDA must publish a list of approved Canadian pharmacies.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 938, Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 985, Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 986, Protecting American with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 987, Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1010, Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1323, Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1385, State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1386, Expanded Navigators Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1409, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1478, Insulin importation, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1503, Orange Book Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1506, Fair and Immediate Release (FAIR) of Generics Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1520, Purple Book Continuity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2011, Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2038, State-based , Market-Oriented, Prescription Drug Negotiations Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2064, Product Sample reporting, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 97, Affordable and Safe Drug Importation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 102, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 344/H.R. 990, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 366/H.R. 1188, FLAT Prices Act- Reduced exclusivity period for certain price hikes, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 418, FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 419, Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 657, Drug Price Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 658, Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 659, Biologic Patent Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 660, Transparency in Petitions Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 709, Establishes public dashboard for price and utilization of drugs purchased by federal programs, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 741 /H.R. 1730, Cancer Drug Parity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 844, Short Competition Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 989, STEER Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1140, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the treatment under section 351(k)(7) of such Act (relating to exclusivity for reference products) of certain products deemed to have a biological product license pursuant to section 7002 of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S.1169, FDA citizen petition, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1209, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to approval of abbreviated new drug applications, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2115, Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2296/S.1391, FAIR Drug Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2700, Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and other Health Priorities Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 3223, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1361/H.R.2584, Preventive Health Savings Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1437, DTC Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1532, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1636, Ensuring Innovation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1664, Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1801, Affordable Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1895, Lowering Health Costs Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897, a bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897/H.R. 3523, End Price Gouging for Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 2004, Emergency Access to Insulin Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 2279/S. 2546, Safe Step Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions
Client expense: $1,600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 938, Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 985, Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 986, Protecting American with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 987, Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1010, Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1323, Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1385, State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1386, Expanded Navigators Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1409, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1478, Insulin importation, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1503, Orange Book Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1506, Fair and Immediate Release (FAIR) of Generics Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1520, Purple Book Continuity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2011, Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2038, State-based , Market-Oriented, Prescription Drug Negotiations Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2064, Product Sample reporting, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 97, Affordable and Safe Drug Importation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 102, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 344/H.R. 990, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 366/H.R. 1188, FLAT Prices Act- Reduced exclusivity period for certain price hikes, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 418, FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 419, Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 657, Drug Price Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 658, Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 659, Biologic Patent Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 660, Transparency in Petitions Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 709, Establishes public dashboard for price and utilization of drugs purchased by federal programs, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 741 /H.R. 1730, Cancer Drug Parity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 844, Short Competition Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 989, STEER Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1140, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the treatment under section 351(k)(7) of such Act (relating to exclusivity for reference products) of certain products deemed to have a biological product license pursuant to section 7002 of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S.1169, FDA citizen petition, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1209, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to approval of abbreviated new drug applications, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2115, Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2296/S.1391, FAIR Drug Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2700, Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and other Health Priorities Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 3223, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1361/H.R.2584, Preventive Health Savings Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1437, DTC Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1532, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1636, Ensuring Innovation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1664, Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1801, Affordable Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1895, Lowering Health Costs Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897, a bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897/H.R. 3523, End Price Gouging for Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 2004, Emergency Access to Insulin Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 2279/S. 2546, Safe Step Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 938, Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 985, Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 986, Protecting American with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 987, Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1010, Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1323, Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1385, State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1386, Expanded Navigators Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1409, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1478, Insulin importation, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1503, Orange Book Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1506, Fair and Immediate Release (FAIR) of Generics Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1520, Purple Book Continuity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2011, Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2038, State-based , Market-Oriented, Prescription Drug Negotiations Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2064, Product Sample reporting, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 97, Affordable and Safe Drug Importation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 102, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 344/H.R. 990, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 366/H.R. 1188, FLAT Prices Act- Reduced exclusivity period for certain price hikes, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 418, FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 419, Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 657, Drug Price Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 658, Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 659, Biologic Patent Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 660, Transparency in Petitions Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 709, Establishes public dashboard for price and utilization of drugs purchased by federal programs, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 741 /H.R. 1730, Cancer Drug Parity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 844, Short Competition Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 989, STEER Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1140, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the treatment under section 351(k)(7) of such Act (relating to exclusivity for reference products) of certain products deemed to have a biological product license pursuant to section 7002 of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S.1169, FDA citizen petition, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1209, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to approval of abbreviated new drug applications, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2115, Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2296/S.1391, FAIR Drug Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2700, Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and other Health Priorities Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 3223, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1361/H.R.2584, Preventive Health Savings Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1437, DTC Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1532, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1636, Ensuring Innovation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1664, Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1801, Affordable Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1895, Lowering Health Costs Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897, a bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897/H.R. 3523, End Price Gouging for Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 2004, Emergency Access to Insulin Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 2279/S. 2546, Safe Step Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions
2020 · second_quarter · Pharmacy
S. 3129, Crapo The Lower Costs, More Cures Act HR 19 Walden, the Lower Costs, More Cures Act HR 5444 Underwood, Lower Insulin Costs Now Act HR 5304 Schrader, PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act HR 4906, DeGette, Regarding the costs of insulin HR 5442, Porter, regarding drug pricing S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act HR 2296, regarding prescription drug pricing HR 3, regarding prescription drug pricing (Pelosi) HR 4455, regarding Biologics in Medicare Part D S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act HR 1781, regarding access to data for MedPAC and MACPAC HR 2113, regarding drug price transparency HR 2374, regarding generic drugs and citizens petitions HR 2375, regarding pay for delay agreements and generic drugs HR 2376, regarding the Federal Trade Commissions role in assuring competition in the pharmaceutical supply chain HR 2064, regarding reporting of prescription drug samples given to physicians by manufacturers HR 478 and S. 61, regarding drug reimportation HR 965 and S 340, regarding abuse of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) (CREATES Act) HR 1499, regarding pay for delay in pharmaceutical markets HR 1503, regarding the FDA Orange Book HR 1520, regarding the FDA Purple Book HR 938, regarding generic drug approvals HR 2113, regarding drug pricing transparency
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 965: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R. 2374: Stop STALLING Act - Provisions related to citizen petitions H.R. 4100: DISARM Act of 2019 - Provisions related to antimicrobial drug development H.R. 5239: Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency H.R. 6080: Preventing Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug shortage reporting requirements H.R. 6258: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity H.R. 6260: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments for Coronavirus Patients Act of 2020 - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals H.R. 6390: To require the President to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require emergency production of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 outbreak - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 6410: To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19 - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 7296: MMAPPP Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency H.R. 7647: To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage - Provisions related to accumulator adjustment programs H.R. 8894: To repeal the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to require that drugs be dispensed only upon prescription, and for other purposes - Provisions related to FDA authority and prescription drugs H.R. 8920: To establish a program to develop antimicrobial innovations targeting the most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections - Provisions related to anti-microbial resistant and prescription drug development S. 61: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 - Provisions related to importation S. 73: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 658: Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act or the ADAPT Act - Provisions related to accelerated approval S. 1169: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2019 - Provisions related to citizen petitions S. 1224: Stop STALLING Act - Provisions related to citizen petitions S. 1391: FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 1437: Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 1532: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers S. 1712: DISARM Act of 2019 - Provisions related to antimicrobial drug development S. 2161: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity S. 2304: Strategies To Address Antibiotic Resistance Act - Provisions related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and other issues S. 3166: Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing S. 3545: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments for Coronavirus Patients Act of 2020 - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals S. 3872: Promising Pathway Act - Provisions related to FDA provisional approval pathways S. 3932: A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program - Provisions related to DoD TRICARE pharmacy benefits program S. 4010: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases - Provisions related to priority review vouchers S. 4427: SAVE Act - Provisions related to the FDA drug approval process S. 4492: Safe Drugs Act - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug mandatory recalls S. 4760: The PASTEUR Act - Provisions related to anti-microbial resistant and prescription drug development Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak (June 22, 2020) Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity policy issues HHS PREP Act declaration relating to COVID-19 Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation and counterfeiting policy issues HHS Safe Importation Action Plan Expanded access policy issues Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policy issues High deductible health plans/HSA policy issues FDA modernization policy issues 340B drug discount program reform and policy issues Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) - Part D provisions Patient assistance program policy issues Foreign manufacturing policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Regulatory efficiencies policy issues FDA mandatory recall authority policy issues Pharmaceutical supply chain policy issues COVID-19 policy issues Final Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) Executive Order 13951, An America-First Healthcare Plan (September 24, 2020) Executive Order 13950, Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (September 22, 2020) Executive Order 13948, Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First (September 13, 2020) - Provisions on Part B and D, Most Favored Nation, and other issues Executive Order 13944, Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States (August 6, 2020) Executive Order 13939, Lowering Drug Prices for Patients by Eliminating Kickbacks to Middlemen (July 24, 2020) Executive Order 13938, Increasing Drug Importation to Lower Prices for American Patients (July 24, 2020) Proposed Rule: Implementation of Executive Order 13937, Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications (RIN 0906-AB25) Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients Final Rule: 340B Drug Pricing Program; Administrative Dispute Resolution Regulation (RIN 0906-AB26)
| Democratic |
| NH |
| Jeff Merkley | Democratic | OR |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | Democratic | NH |
| Patrick J. Leahy | Democratic | VT |
| Ron Wyden | Democratic | OR |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | RI |
| Sherrod Brown | Democratic | OH |
| Susan M. Collins | Republican | ME |
| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | WI |
Client expense: $2,160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $1,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $5,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 19/S. 3129, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 H.R. 275, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 448/S. 99, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 748/ S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 1346, Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019 H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019 H.R. 1398/S. 172, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 1425, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1922/S. 1089, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R. 1985, Family Savings for Kids and Seniors Act H.R. 2207, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 H.R. 3030, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Extension Act of 2019 H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 S. 12, Health Savings Act of 2019 S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S. 62, Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019 S. 64, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 80, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, including provisions relating to repeal of the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S. 178, UIGHUR Act of 2019, including provisions relating to substitute amendment regarding COVID-19 relief package S. 340, Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 S. 344, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019 S. 470, Medicare at 50 Act S. 684, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 S. 692, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 S. 1416, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 S. 1541, Tobacco-Free Youth Act S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2897, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act S. 3200, Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020 S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act S. 4317, Safeguarding Americas Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy (SAFE TO WORK) Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2911/S. 1697, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (114th Cong.) Proposed regulation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2020 (84 Fed. Reg. 227-321, January 24, 2019) Proposed regulations on Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; interoperability and patient access for Medicare advantage organization and Medicaid managed care plans, state Medicaid agencies, CHIP agencies and CHIP managed care entities, issuers of qualified health plans in the federally-facilitated exchanges and health care providers; supplement and extension of comment period (84 Fed, Reg. 16,834, April 23, 2019) Proposed regulation on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2021; notice requirement for non-federal governmental plans (85 Fed. Reg. 7,088-7,159, February 6, 2020) Various issues relating to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, medical malpractice reform, the impact on small business, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, protect Medicare Part Ds Non-Interference Clause from repeal, proposed rule regarding section 1557; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations; balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; legislation addressing mental health parity; inclusion of prescription drug pricing on 2019 congressional agenda; reauthorization of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); potential premium reduction/reinsurance program to reduce health insurance premiums; proposals to expand Medicare including Medicare Buy-In and the development of a public option; Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system for CY 2020; drug pricing including most-favored nations proposals, international pricing index, importation and mandatory rebates; potential healthcare pricing proposals, including a medicaid rebate cap, spread pricing, and inflation penalty; comments on Medicare and State Healthcare Programs: fraud and abuse; revisions to safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute, and civil monetary penalty rules regarding beneficiary inducements; comments on Medicare Program; modernizing and clarifying the physician self-referral regulations; comments on CMS proposed Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments on CMS proposed transparency in coverage rule; comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act for medical countermeasures against COVID-19, as amended on April 10, 2020 and June 8, 2020 (Declaration), Section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d); comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on CMS-2393-P: Medicaid Program; Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the Administrations proposed rule to eliminate drug manufacturer rebates in Part D; transparency in coverage; issues relating to the coronavirus pandemic, including testing, liability protection, and temporary COBRA subsidies; Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF); health insurance coverage during the coronavirus pandemic; health legislative priorities for the potential Phase 4 coronavirus relief package; provisions relating to Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSA) in the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136); FCCs COVID-19 Telehealth Program; Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) temporary rule regarding Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use; distribution of COVID-19 vaccines; comments on notice of proposed rulemaking: securing updated and necessary statutory evaluations timely (SUNSET); reform of the World Health Organization (WHO); continued U.S. membership in the World Health Organization; COVID-19 liability issues; Phase IV COVID-19 relief legislation and civil liability issues affecting the business community
Client expense: $22,290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 474, Stop the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act; H.R. 447 / S. 97, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 61 / H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 102 / H.R. 465, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2019; H.R.1478, Affordable Insulin Act of 2019; S. 3, Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2019; H.R 965 / S. 340, CREATES Act of 2019; H.R. 1332, Fair Care Act of 2019; S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act; H.R. 1499, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019; S. 657, A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits; S. 709, Prescription Drug Pricing Dashboard Act; S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019; S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act; H.R. 2296, FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019; H.R. 3947, the Competition Prescription Act of 2019; H.R. 2279, the Safe Step Act; H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act; S. 2543, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019; H.R. 19 / S. 3129, the Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019; S. 4199, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2020
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 965: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R. 2374: Stop STALLING Act - Provisions related to citizen petitions H.R. 4100: DISARM Act of 2019 - Provisions related to antimicrobial drug development H.R. 5239: Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency H.R. 6222: Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 a Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access H.R. 6080: Preventing Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug shortage reporting requirements H.R. 6258: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity H.R. 6260: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments for Coronavi-rus Patients Act of 2020 - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals H.R. 6390: To require the President to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require emergency production of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 outbreak - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 6410: To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19 - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 7296: MMAPPP Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency H.R. 7647: To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage - Provisions related to accumulator adjustment programs H.R. 7838: To provide for certain temporary waivers with respect to the 340B drug discount program due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes - Provisions related to the 340B drug discount program H.R. 8894: To repeal the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to require that drugs be dispensed only upon prescription, and for other purposes - Provisions related to FDA authority and prescription drugs H.R. 8920: To establish a program to develop antimicrobial innovations targeting the most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections - Provisions related to anti-microbial resistant and prescription drug development S. 61: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 - Provisions related to importation S. 73: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 658: Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act or the ADAPT Act - Provisions related to accelerated approval S. 1169: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2019 - Provisions related to citizen petitions S. 1224: Stop STALLING Act - Provisions related to citizen petitions S. 1391: FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 1437: Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 1532: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers S. 1712: DISARM Act of 2019 - Provisions related to antimicrobial drug development S. 1872/H.R. 5075: Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act S. 4864/H.R. 8725: HAPI Act; Medicaid financial barriers S. 1619/H.R. 2862: VACCINES Act CMSS. 2161: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity CMS rule on Value Based Payment purchasing, 85 FR 37286, CMS-2482-P, provisions related to the definition of line-extension drugs. S. 2304: Strategies To Address Antibiotic Resistance Act - Provisions related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and other issues S. 3166: Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing CBD DSHEA 2.0 S. 3545: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments for Corona-virus Patients Act of 2020 - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals S. 3872: Promising Pathway Act - Provisions related to FDA provisional approval pathways Transparency policy issues S. 3932: A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program - Provisions related to DoD TRICARE pharmacy benefits program S. 4010: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases - Provisions related to priority review vouchers S. 4427: SAVE Act - Provisions related to the FDA drug approval process S. 4492: Safe Drugs Act - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug mandatory recalls S. 4760: The PASTEUR Act - Provisions related to anti-microbial resistant and prescription drug development Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak (June 22, 2020) Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity policy issues HHS PREP Act declaration relating to COVID-19 Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation and counterfeiting policy issues HHS Safe Importation Action Plan Expanded access policy issues Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policy issues High deductible health plans/HSA policy issues FDA modernization policy issues 340B drug discount program reform and policy issues Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) - Part D provisions Patient assistance program policy issues Foreign manufacturing policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Regulatory efficiencies policy issues FDA mandatoruy recall authority policy issues Pharmaceutical supply chain policy issues COVID-19 policy issues Final Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) Executive Order 13951, An America-First Healthcare Plan (September 24, 2020) Executive Order 13950, Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (September 22, 2020) Executive Order 13948, Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First (September 13, 2020) - Provisions on Part B and D, Most Favored Nation, and other issues Executive Order 13944, Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening Na- tional Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States (August 6, 2020) Executive Order 13939, Lowering Drug Prices for Patients by Eliminating Kickbacks to Middlemen (July 24, 2020) Executive Order 13938, Increasing Drug Importation to Lower Prices for American Patients (July 24, 2020) Proposed Rule: Implementation of Executive Order 13937, Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications (RIN 0906-AB25) Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients Final Rule: 340B Drug Pricing Program; Administrative Dispute Resolution Regulation (RIN 0906-AB26) Amendments to HHS Covid-19 Declaration
Client expense: $750,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
S.2543 - Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 HR 1499: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act Cell, gene and radioligand therapies 340B Drug Discount Program Drug Importation Outcomes based Contracting/Value based arrangements Orphan Drugs Medicaid Payment Reform AMP Cap S 1895 - Lower Health Care Costs Act HR 987 - Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act H.R.478 - Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R.2011 - Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019 H.R.2296 - FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 S.61 - Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S.1140 - Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019 S.1384 - Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 S.1391 - Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2019 S.1227 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 H.R.447 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R.1922 - Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R.2064 - To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require manufacturers of certain drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report on product samples provided to certain health care providers, and for other purposes H.R.5304 - PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act S.97 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S.657 - A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits Transparency policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues PDUFA, BSUFA, GDUFA Drug vial size policy issues Pharmaceutical supply chain H.R. 4710 - Pharmaceutical Independence Long-Term Readiness Reform Act S. 3635 - Protecting our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act of 2020 S. 3538 - Strengthening Americas Supply Chain and Medical Security Act H.R. 6431 - Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act HR 6080 - Prevent Drug Shortages Act S. 3432 - Securing Americas Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020 H.R. 6670 - Prescription for American Drug Independence Act of 2020 H.R. 6930 - MADE in America Act HR 4439 - Creating Hope Reauthorization Act Pharmaceutical quality COVID 19 H.R 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 748 and S. 3548 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) H.R. 3772 - Medicare Diagnostic Radiopharmaceutical Payment Equity Act of 2019 S. 3370 - Coronavirus Vaccine Act CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136 H.R. 6080 - Preventing Drug Shortages Act Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients Drug shortages policy issues Proposed Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) Diversity in Clinical Trials FY 2021 Labor-HHS Appropriations Cures 2.0 Energy and Commerce RFI Part B Home Infusion Notice of Benefit Payment Parameters (NBPP) Priority Review Voucher (PRV) H.R. 4400 - The Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2019 Vaccines Executive Order 13948, Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First (September 13, 2020) - Provisions on Part B and D, Most Favored Nation, and other issues Executive Order 13944, Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States (August 6, 2020) Executive Order 13938, Increasing Drug Importation to Lower Prices for American Patients (July 24, 2020) Medicaid Generics Penalty fix HR 8337 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act H.R.2374 - Stop STALLING Act H.R. 5239 - Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act H.R. 6258 - Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 H.R. 6390 - To require the President to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require emergency production of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 outbreak H.R. 6410 - To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19 H.R. 6395/S. 4049 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 HHS PREP Act declaration relating to COVID-19 Drug importation and counterfeiting policy issues HHS Safe Importation Action Plan Expanded access policy issues FDA modernization policy issues Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) - Part D provisions Patient assistance program policy issues Foreign manufacturing policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Regulatory efficiencies policy issues FDA mandatory recall authority policy issues COVID-19 policy issues Transparency Issues Policy Issue H.R. 2477 - Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and the Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act of 2019 H.R. 6800 - Heroes Act
Client expense: $660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Pharmacy
S. 4199 Prescription Drugs Pricing Reduction Act S. 3129, Crapo The Lower Costs, More Cures Act HR 19 Walden, the Lower Costs, More Cures Act HR 5444 Underwood, Lower Insulin Costs Now Act HR 5304 Schrader, PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act HR 4906, DeGette, Regarding the costs of insulin HR 5442, Porter, regarding drug pricing S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act HR 2296, regarding prescription drug pricing HR 3, regarding prescription drug pricing (Pelosi) HR 4455, regarding Biologics in Medicare Part D S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act HR 2113, regarding drug price transparency HR 2374, regarding generic drugs and citizens petitions HR 2375, regarding pay for delay agreements and generic drugs HR 2376, regarding the Federal Trade Commissions role in assuring competition in the pharmaceutical supply chain HR 2064, regarding reporting of prescription drug samples given to physicians by manufacturers HR 478 and S. 61, regarding drug reimportation HR 965 and S 340, regarding abuse of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) (CREATES Act) HR 1499, regarding pay for delay in pharmaceutical markets HR 1503, regarding the FDA Orange Book HR 1520, regarding the FDA Purple Book HR 938, regarding generic drug approvals HR 2113, regarding drug pricing transparency
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Pharmacy
Support for S. 97/HR 447 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act and S. 61/HR 447 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act; issues related to personal drug importation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 938, Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 985, Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 986, Protecting American with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 987, Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1010, Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1323, Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1385, State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1386, Expanded Navigators Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1409, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1478, Insulin importation, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1503, Orange Book Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1506, Fair and Immediate Release (FAIR) of Generics Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1520, Purple Book Continuity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2011, Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2038, State-based , Market-Oriented, Prescription Drug Negotiations Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2064, Product Sample reporting, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 97, Affordable and Safe Drug Importation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 102, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 344/H.R. 990, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 366/H.R. 1188, FLAT Prices Act- Reduced exclusivity period for certain price hikes, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 418, FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 419, Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 657, Drug Price Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 658, Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 659, Biologic Patent Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 660, Transparency in Petitions Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 709, Establishes public dashboard for price and utilization of drugs purchased by federal programs, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 741 /H.R. 1730, Cancer Drug Parity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 844, Short Competition Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 989, STEER Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1140, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the treatment under section 351(k)(7) of such Act (relating to exclusivity for reference products) of certain products deemed to have a biological product license pursuant to section 7002 of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S.1169, FDA citizen petition, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1209, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to approval of abbreviated new drug applications, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2115, Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2296/S.1391, FAIR Drug Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2700, Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and other Health Priorities Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 3223, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1361/H.R.2584, Preventive Health Savings Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1437, DTC Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1532, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1636, Ensuring Innovation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1664, Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1801, Affordable Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1895, Lowering Health Costs Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897, a bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897/H.R. 3523, End Price Gouging for Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 2004, Emergency Access to Insulin Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 2279/S. 2546, Safe Step Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions
Client expense: $1,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Pharmacy
H.R. 1614 A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes; John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act S. 724 A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes; John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act S.340 CREATES Act of 2019 H.R. 985 FAST Generics Act of 2019 S.640 Phair Pricing Act of 2019 S. 97 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S. 61 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R. 1034 Phair Pricing Act of 2019 H.R. 965 CREATES Act of 2019 H.R. 1478 Affordable Insulin Act of 2019 H.R. 447 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R. 1499 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act H.R. 3417 The Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Re-authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2296 Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing (FAIR Drug Pricing) Act of 2019 H.R. 1607 Fairness to Pet Owners Act H.R. 3379 Priced Relief, Innovation, and Competition for Essential Drugs (PRICED) Act H.R. 478 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R. 3 Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 275 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 448 Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 1046 Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 H.R. 5304 PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act H.R. 5172 NOPAIN Act S. 2543 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. Rept. 116-120 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2247 Phair Relief Act of 2019 S. 3070 Preventing Pill Mills Through Data Sharing Act H.R. 3055 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 H.R. 19 Lower Costs, More Cures Act on 2019 S. 3129 Lower Costs, More Cures Act on 2019 H.R. 748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act H.R. 6573 Help our Heroes Access Medicine Act of 2020 H.R. 6557 MAIL Act S. 3979 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to temporarily waive cost-sharing amounts under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program during certain declared emergencies. H.R.6395 - William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 4806 DEBAR Act of 2019 H.R. 3878 Block, Report, and Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act of 2019 H.R. 4812 Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act H.R. 4814 Suspicious Order Identification Act of 2019 H.R. 8061 Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act S. 3548 The CARES Act H.R. 6800 The HEROES Act
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Issues concerning BARDA funding; S. 551, Recovering Excessive Funds for Unused and Needless Drugs Act 2019; Drug importation including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; Legislation affecting pharmaceutical pricing including the Lower Heath Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895), Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 (S. 1416), Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2019 (S. 1391, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019 (S. 977), CREATES Act of 2019 (H.R. 965, S. 340), Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 (H.R. 1046), Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act (H.R. 987). Policies impacting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic including H.R. 604, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law No. 116-123; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law No. 116-127; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act"), Public Law No. 116-136; and H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act"). H.R. 2279/S.2546, the Safe Step Act. Policies to ensure an adequate supply of plasma generally and for the development of therapies for COVID-19. Education regarding Executive Orders impacting drug pricing including Medicare rebate reform, the 340B drug discount program, Buy America requirements, drug importation, and imposition of most favored nation pricing on drugs under Medicare Parts B and D. Legislation to increase awareness of need for plasma donations including H.R. 7783/S. 4179, the Plasma Donation Awareness Act of 2020. H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 116-260.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Drug safety and drug counterfeiting; H.R. 2905, Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act; Policies affecting pre-existing condition protections; Drug importation including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3; Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Policies impacting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic including H.R. 604, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law No. 116-123; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law No. 116-127; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act"), Public Law No. 116-136; and H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act"). Education regarding Executive Orders impacting drug pricing including Medicare rebate reform, the 340B drug discount program, Buy America requirements, drug importation, and imposition of most favored nation pricing on drugs under Medicare Parts B and D. Legislation to increase awareness of need for plasma donations including H.R. 7783/S. 4179, the Plasma Donation Awareness Act of 2020. H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 116-260.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Matters affecting access to and pricing of pharmaceuticals; matters affecting the Orphan Drug Act and therapies for rare diseases; legislation and regulatory activity relating to importation of prescription drugs, including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3; Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Policies impacting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic including H.R. 604, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law No. 116-123; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law No. 116-127; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law No. 116-136; and H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act"). Education regarding Executive Orders impacting drug pricing including Medicare rebate reform, the 340B drug discount program, Buy America requirements, drug importation, and imposition of most favored nation pricing on drugs under Medicare Parts B and D. H.R. 1407/S.578, ALS Disability Insurance Access Act; and H.R. 7071, Accelerate Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act. H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 116-260.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 19/S. 3129, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 H.R. 275, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 448/S. 99, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 748/ S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 1346, Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019 H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019 H.R. 1398/S. 172, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 1425, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1922/S. 1089, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R. 1985, Family Savings for Kids and Seniors Act H.R. 2207, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 H.R. 3030, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Extension Act of 2019 H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 S. 12, Health Savings Act of 2019 S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S. 62, Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019 S. 64, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 80, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, including provisions relating to repeal of the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S. 178, UIGHUR Act of 2019, including provisions relating to substitute amendment regarding COVID-19 relief package S. 340, Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 S. 344, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019 S. 470, Medicare at 50 Act S. 684, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 S. 692, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 S. 1416, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 S. 1541, Tobacco-Free Youth Act S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2897, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act S. 3200, Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020 S. 4317, Safeguarding Americas Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy (SAFE TO WORK) Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2911/S. 1697, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (114th Cong.) Proposed regulation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2020 (84 Fed. Reg. 227-321, January 24, 2019) Proposed regulations on Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; interoperability and patient access for Medicare advantage organization and Medicaid managed care plans, state Medicaid agencies, CHIP agencies and CHIP managed care entities, issuers of qualified health plans in the federally-facilitated exchanges and health care providers; supplement and extension of comment period (84 Fed, Reg. 16,834, April 23, 2019) Proposed regulation on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2021; notice requirement for non-federal governmental plans (85 Fed. Reg. 7,088-7,159, February 6, 2020) Various issues relating to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) program, the section 9010 Health Insurance Providers Fee or Health Insurance Tax (HIT), 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (Cadillac tax); medical device tax; protect Medicare Part Ds Non-Interference Clause from repeal, proposed rule regarding section 1557; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations; balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; legislation addressing mental health parity; inclusion of prescription drug pricing on 2019 congressional agenda; reauthorization of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute; (PCORI); potential premium reduction/reinsurance program to reduce health insurance premiums; proposals to expand Medicare including Medicare Buy-In and the development of a public option; medical hospital outpatient prospective payment system for CY 2020; drug pricing including most-favored nations proposals, international pricing index, importation and mandatory rebates; potential healthcare pricing proposals, including a medicaid rebate cap, spread pricing, and inflation penalty; comments on Medicare and State Healthcare Programs: fraud and abuse; revisions to safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute, and civil monetary penalty rules regarding beneficiary inducements; comments on Medicare Program; modernizing and clarifying the physician self-referral regulations; comments on CMS proposed Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments on CMS proposed transparency in coverage rule; comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act for medical countermeasures against COVID-19, as amended on April 10, 2020 and June 8, 2020 (Declaration), Section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d); comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on CMS-2393-P: Medicaid Program; Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the Administrations proposed rule to eliminate drug manufacturer rebates in Part D; transparency in coverage; issues relating to the coronavirus pandemic, including testing, liability protection, and temporary COBRA subsidies; Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF); health insurance coverage during the coronavirus pandemic; health legislative priorities for the potential Phase 4 coronavirus relief package; provisions relating to Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSA) in the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136); FCCs COVID-19 Telehealth Program; Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) temporary rule regarding Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use; reform of the World Health Organization (WHO); continued U.S. membership in the World Health Organization Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (P.L. 109-148, Division C), and COVID -19; potential legislation dealing with COVID-19 liability issues
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare Coverage of Dental Care: H.R. 576 and S. 22, Negotiation of Prescription Drug Prices: S. 99 and H.R. 448 and S. 62 and H.R. 275, Prescription Drug Importation: H.R. 447 and S. 97 and S. 61, Improving Access to Affordable Generics: S. 64. SS Immunization Act: H.R. 5076
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 19/S. 3129, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 H.R. 275, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 448/S. 99, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 748/ S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 1346, Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019 H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019 H.R. 1398/S. 172, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 1425, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1922/S. 1089, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R. 1985, Family Savings for Kids and Seniors Act H.R. 2207, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 H.R. 3030, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Extension Act of 2019 H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 S. 12, Health Savings Act of 2019 S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S. 62, Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019 S. 64, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 80, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, including provisions relating to repeal of the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S. 178, UIGHUR Act of 2019, including provisions relating to substitute amendment regarding COVID-19 relief package S. 340, Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 S. 344, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019 S. 470, Medicare at 50 Act S. 684, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 S. 692, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 S. 1416, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 S. 1541, Tobacco-Free Youth Act S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2897, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act S. 3200, Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020 S. 4317, Safeguarding Americas Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy (SAFE TO WORK) Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2911/S. 1697, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (114th Cong.) Proposed regulation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2020 (84 Fed. Reg. 227-321, January 24, 2019) Proposed regulations on Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; interoperability and patient access for Medicare advantage organization and Medicaid managed care plans, state Medicaid agencies, CHIP agencies and CHIP managed care entities, issuers of qualified health plans in the federally-facilitated exchanges and health care providers; supplement and extension of comment period (84 Fed, Reg. 16,834, April 23, 2019) Proposed regulation on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2021; notice requirement for non-federal governmental plans (85 Fed. Reg. 7,088-7,159, February 6, 2020) Various issues relating to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) program, the section 9010 Health Insurance Providers Fee or Health Insurance Tax (HIT), 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (Cadillac tax); medical device tax; protect Medicare Part Ds Non-Interference Clause from repeal, proposed rule regarding section 1557; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations; balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; legislation addressing mental health parity; inclusion of prescription drug pricing on 2019 congressional agenda; reauthorization of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute; (PCORI); potential premium reduction/reinsurance program to reduce health insurance premiums; proposals to expand Medicare including Medicare Buy-In and the development of a public option; medical hospital outpatient prospective payment system for CY 2020; drug pricing including most-favored nations proposals, international pricing index, importation and mandatory rebates; potential healthcare pricing proposals, including a medicaid rebate cap, spread pricing, and inflation penalty; comments on Medicare and State Healthcare Programs: fraud and abuse; revisions to safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute, and civil monetary penalty rules regarding beneficiary inducements; comments on Medicare Program; modernizing and clarifying the physician self-referral regulations; comments on CMS proposed Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments on CMS proposed transparency in coverage rule; comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act for medical countermeasures against COVID-19, as amended on April 10, 2020 and June 8, 2020 (Declaration), Section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d); comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on CMS-2393-P: Medicaid Program; Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the Administrations proposed rule to eliminate drug manufacturer rebates in Part D; transparency in coverage; issues relating to the coronavirus pandemic, including testing, liability protection, and temporary COBRA subsidies; Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF); health insurance coverage during the coronavirus pandemic; health legislative priorities for the potential Phase 4 coronavirus relief package; provisions relating to Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSA) in the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136); FCCs COVID-19 Telehealth Program; Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) temporary rule regarding Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use; reform of the World Health Organization (WHO); continued U.S. membership in the World Health Organization Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (P.L. 109-148, Division C), and COVID -19; potential legislation dealing with COVID-19 liability issues
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 19/S. 3129, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 H.R. 275, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 448/S. 99, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 748/ S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 1346, Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019 H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019 H.R. 1398/S. 172, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 1425, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1922/S. 1089, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R. 1985, Family Savings for Kids and Seniors Act H.R. 2207, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 H.R. 3030, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Extension Act of 2019 H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 S. 12, Health Savings Act of 2019 S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S. 62, Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019 S. 64, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 80, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, including provisions relating to repeal of the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S. 178, UIGHUR Act of 2019, including provisions relating to substitute amendment regarding COVID-19 relief package S. 340, Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 S. 344, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019 S. 470, Medicare at 50 Act S. 684, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 S. 692, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 S. 1416, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 S. 1541, Tobacco-Free Youth Act S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2897, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act S. 3200, Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020 S. 4317, Safeguarding Americas Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy (SAFE TO WORK) Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2911/S. 1697, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (114th Cong.) Proposed regulation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2020 (84 Fed. Reg. 227-321, January 24, 2019) Proposed regulations on Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; interoperability and patient access for Medicare advantage organization and Medicaid managed care plans, state Medicaid agencies, CHIP agencies and CHIP managed care entities, issuers of qualified health plans in the federally-facilitated exchanges and health care providers; supplement and extension of comment period (84 Fed, Reg. 16,834, April 23, 2019) Proposed regulation on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2021; notice requirement for non-federal governmental plans (85 Fed. Reg. 7,088-7,159, February 6, 2020) Various issues relating to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) program, the section 9010 Health Insurance Providers Fee or Health Insurance Tax (HIT), 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (Cadillac tax); medical device tax; protect Medicare Part Ds Non-Interference Clause from repeal, proposed rule regarding section 1557; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations; balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; legislation addressing mental health parity; inclusion of prescription drug pricing on 2019 congressional agenda; reauthorization of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute; (PCORI); potential premium reduction/reinsurance program to reduce health insurance premiums; proposals to expand Medicare including Medicare Buy-In and the development of a public option; medical hospital outpatient prospective payment system for CY 2020; drug pricing including most-favored nations proposals, international pricing index, importation and mandatory rebates; potential healthcare pricing proposals, including a medicaid rebate cap, spread pricing, and inflation penalty; comments on Medicare and State Healthcare Programs: fraud and abuse; revisions to safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute, and civil monetary penalty rules regarding beneficiary inducements; comments on Medicare Program; modernizing and clarifying the physician self-referral regulations; comments on CMS proposed Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments on CMS proposed transparency in coverage rule; comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act for medical countermeasures against COVID-19, as amended on April 10, 2020 and June 8, 2020 (Declaration), Section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d); comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on CMS-2393-P: Medicaid Program; Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the Administrations proposed rule to eliminate drug manufacturer rebates in Part D; transparency in coverage; issues relating to the coronavirus pandemic, including testing, liability protection, and temporary COBRA subsidies; Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF); health insurance coverage during the coronavirus pandemic; health legislative priorities for the potential Phase 4 coronavirus relief package; provisions relating to Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSA) in the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136); FCCs COVID-19 Telehealth Program; Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) temporary rule regarding Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use; reform of the World Health Organization (WHO); continued U.S. membership in the World Health Organization Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (P.L. 109-148, Division C), and COVID -19; potential legislation dealing with COVID-19 liability issues
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
S.2543 - Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 HR 1499: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act Cell, gene and radioligand therapies 340B Drug Discount Program Drug Importation Outcomes based Contracting/Value based arrangements Orphan Drugs Medicaid Payment Reform AMP Cap S 1895 - Lower Health Care Costs Act HR 987 - Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act H.R.478 - Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R.2011 - Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019 H.R.2296 - FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 S.61 - Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S.1140 - Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019 S.1384 - Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 S.1391 - Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2019 S.1227 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 H.R.447 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R.1922 - Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R.2064 - To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require manufacturers of certain drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report on product samples provided to certain health care providers, and for other purposes H.R.5304 - PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act S.97 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S.657 - A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits Transparency policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues PDUFA, BSUFA, GDUFA Drug vial size policy issues Pharmaceutical supply chain HR 6800 - Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act) H.R. 4710 - Pharmaceutical Independence Long-Term Readiness Reform Act S. 3635 - Protecting our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act of 2020 S. 3538 - Strengthening Americas Supply Chain and Medical Security Act H.R. 6431 - Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act HR 6080 - Prevent Drug Shortages Act S. 3432 - Securing Americas Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020 H.R. 6670 - Prescription for American Drug Independence Act of 2020 H.R. 6930 - MADE in America Act HR 4439 - Creating Hope Reauthorization Act Pharmaceutical quality COVID 19 H.R 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 748 and S. 3548 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) H.R. 3772 - Medicare Diagnostic Radiopharmaceutical Payment Equity Act of 2019 S. 3370 - Coronavirus Vaccine Act S. 3548 - CARES Act H.R. 6080 - Preventing Drug Shortages Act Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients Drug shortages policy issues Proposed Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) Diversity in Clinical Trials FY 2021 Labor-HHS Appropriations Cures 2.0 Energy and Commerce RFI Part B Home Infusion Notice of Benefit Payment Parameters (NBPP) Priority Review Voucher (PRV) H.R. 4400 - The Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2019 Vaccines Executive Order 13948, Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First (September 13, 2020) - Provisions on Part B and D, Most Favored Nation, and other issues Executive Order 13944, Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States (August 6, 2020) Executive Order 13938, Increasing Drug Importation to Lower Prices for American Patients (July 24, 2020) Medicaid Generics Penalty fix HR 8337 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
Client expense: $1,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
H.R. 1614 A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes; John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act S. 724 A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes; John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act S.340 CREATES Act of 2019 H.R. 985 FAST Generics Act of 2019 S.640 Phair Pricing Act of 2019 S. 97 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S. 61 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R. 1034 Phair Pricing Act of 2019 H.R. 965 CREATES Act of 2019 H.R. 1478 Affordable Insulin Act of 2019 H.R. 447 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R. 1499 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act H.R. 3417 The Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Re-authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2296 Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing (FAIR Drug Pricing) Act of 2019 H.R. 1607 Fairness to Pet Owners Act H.R. 3379 Priced Relief, Innovation, and Competition for Essential Drugs (PRICED) Act H.R. 478 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R. 3 Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 275 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 448 Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 1046 Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 H.R. 5304 PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act H.R. 5172 NOPAIN Act S. 2543 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. Rept. 116-120 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2247 Phair Relief Act of 2019 S. 3070 Preventing Pill Mills Through Data Sharing Act H.R. 3055 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 H.R. 19 Lower Costs, More Cures Act on 2019 S. 3129 Lower Costs, More Cures Act on 2019 H.R. 748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act H.R. 6573 Help our Heroes Access Medicine Act of 2020 H.R. 6557 MAIL Act S. 3979 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to temporarily waive cost-sharing amounts under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program during certain declared emergencies. H.R.6395 - William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 4806 DEBAR Act of 2019 H.R. 3878 Block, Report, and Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act of 2019 H.R. 4812 Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act H.R. 4814 Suspicious Order Identification Act of 2019 H.R. 8061 Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act S. 3548 The CARES Act H.R. 6800 The HEROES Act
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Issues concerning BARDA funding; S. 551, Recovering Excessive Funds for Unused and Needless Drugs Act 2019; Drug importation including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; Legislation affecting pharmaceutical pricing including the Lower Heath Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895), Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 (S. 1416), Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2019 (S. 1391, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019 (S. 977), CREATES Act of 2019 (H.R. 965, S. 340), Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 (H.R. 1046), Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act (H.R. 987). Policies impacting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic including H.R. 604, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law No. 116-123; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law No. 116-127; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act"), Public Law No. 116-136; and H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act"). H.R. 2279/S.2546, the Safe Step Act. Policies to ensure an adequate supply of plasma generally and for the development of therapies for COVID-19. Education regarding Executive Orders impacting drug pricing including Medicare rebate reform, the 340B drug discount program, Buy America requirements, drug importation, and imposition of most favored nation pricing on drugs under Medicare Parts B and D. Legislation to increase awareness of need for plasma donations including H.R. 7783/S. 4179, the Plasma Donation Awareness Act of 2020.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Drug safety and drug counterfeiting; H.R. 2905, Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act; Policies affecting pre-existing condition protections; Drug importation including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3; Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Policies impacting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic including H.R. 604, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law No. 116-123; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law No. 116-127; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act"), Public Law No. 116-136; and H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act"). Education regarding Executive Orders impacting drug pricing including Medicare rebate reform, the 340B drug discount program, Buy America requirements, drug importation, and imposition of most favored nation pricing on drugs under Medicare Parts B and D. Legislation to increase awareness of need for plasma donations including H.R. 7783/S. 4179, the Plasma Donation Awareness Act of 2020.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Matters affecting access to and pricing of pharmaceuticals; matters affecting the Orphan Drug Act and therapies for rare diseases; legislation and regulatory activity relating to importation of prescription drugs, including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3; Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Policies impacting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic including H.R. 604, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law No. 116-123; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law No. 116-127; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law No. 116-136; and H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act"). Education regarding Executive Orders impacting drug pricing including Medicare rebate reform, the 340B drug discount program, Buy America requirements, drug importation, and imposition of most favored nation pricing on drugs under Medicare Parts B and D. H.R. 1407/S.578, ALS Disability Insurance Access Act; and H.R. 7071, Accelerate Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
S. 4199 Prescription Drugs Pricing Reduction Act S. 3129, Crapo The Lower Costs, More Cures Act HR 19 Walden, the Lower Costs, More Cures Act HR 5444 Underwood, Lower Insulin Costs Now Act HR 5304 Schrader, PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act HR 4906, DeGette, Regarding the costs of insulin HR 5442, Porter, regarding drug pricing S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act HR 2296, regarding prescription drug pricing HR 3, regarding prescription drug pricing (Pelosi) HR 4455, regarding Biologics in Medicare Part D S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act HR 1781, regarding access to data for MedPAC and MACPAC HR 2113, regarding drug price transparency HR 2374, regarding generic drugs and citizens petitions HR 2375, regarding pay for delay agreements and generic drugs HR 2376, regarding the Federal Trade Commissions role in assuring competition in the pharmaceutical supply chain HR 2064, regarding reporting of prescription drug samples given to physicians by manufacturers HR 478 and S. 61, regarding drug reimportation HR 965 and S 340, regarding abuse of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) (CREATES Act) HR 1499, regarding pay for delay in pharmaceutical markets HR 1503, regarding the FDA Orange Book HR 1520, regarding the FDA Purple Book HR 938, regarding generic drug approvals HR 2113, regarding drug pricing transparency
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 938, Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 985, Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 986, Protecting American with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 987, Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1010, Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1323, Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1385, State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1386, Expanded Navigators Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1409, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1478, Insulin importation, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1503, Orange Book Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1506, Fair and Immediate Release (FAIR) of Generics Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1520, Purple Book Continuity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2011, Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2038, State-based , Market-Oriented, Prescription Drug Negotiations Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2064, Product Sample reporting, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 97, Affordable and Safe Drug Importation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 102, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 344/H.R. 990, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 366/H.R. 1188, FLAT Prices Act- Reduced exclusivity period for certain price hikes, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 418, FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 419, Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 657, Drug Price Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 658, Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 659, Biologic Patent Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 660, Transparency in Petitions Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 709, Establishes public dashboard for price and utilization of drugs purchased by federal programs, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 741 /H.R. 1730, Cancer Drug Parity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 844, Short Competition Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 989, STEER Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1140, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the treatment under section 351(k)(7) of such Act (relating to exclusivity for reference products) of certain products deemed to have a biological product license pursuant to section 7002 of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S.1169, FDA citizen petition, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1209, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to approval of abbreviated new drug applications, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2115, Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2296/S.1391, FAIR Drug Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2700, Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and other Health Priorities Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 3223, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1361/H.R.2584, Preventive Health Savings Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1437, DTC Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1532, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1636, Ensuring Innovation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1664, Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1801, Affordable Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1895, Lowering Health Costs Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897, a bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897/H.R. 3523, End Price Gouging for Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 2004, Emergency Access to Insulin Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 2279/S. 2546, Safe Step Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions
Client expense: $1,600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
Support for S. 97/HR 447 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act and S. 61/HR 447 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act; issues related to personal drug importation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 474, Stop the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act; H.R. 447 / S. 97, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 61 / H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 102 / H.R. 465, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2019; H.R.1478, Affordable Insulin Act of 2019; S. 3, Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2019; H.R 965 / S. 340, CREATES Act of 2019; H.R. 1332, Fair Care Act of 2019; S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act; H.R. 1499, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019; S. 657, A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits; S. 709, Prescription Drug Pricing Dashboard Act; S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019; S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act; H.R. 2296, FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019; H.R. 3947, the Competition Prescription Act of 2019; H.R. 2279, the Safe Step Act; H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act; S. 2543, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019; H.R. 19 / S. 3129, the Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019; S. 4199, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2020
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare Coverage of Dental Care: H.R. 576 and S. 22, Negotiation of Prescription Drug Prices: S. 99 and H.R. 448 and S. 62 and H.R. 275, Prescription Drug Importation: H.R. 447 and S. 97 and S. 61, Improving Access to Affordable Generics: S. 64. SS Immunization Act: H.R. 5076
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 748, CARES Act H.R. 965: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R. 985: FAST Generics Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R.1730, Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2019 H.R. 4100: DISARM Act of 2019 - Provisions related to antimicrobial drug development H.R. 5239: Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency S1872/HR5076, Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act H.R. 5668: MODERN Labeling Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug labeling H.R. 6019: Cure the Coronavirus Act - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug approvals H.R. 6080: Preventing Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug shortage reporting requirements H.R. 6222: Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access H.R. 6231: Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access H.R. 6258: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity H.R. 6260: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments for Coronavi-rus Patients Act of 2020 - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals H.R. 6390: To require the President to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require emergency production of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 outbreak - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 6410: To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19 - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 6450: Price Gouging Prevention Act - Provisions related to prescription drug and medical device pricing H.R. 6457: Disaster and Emergency Pricing Abuse Prevention Act - Provisions related to prescription drug and medical device pricing H.R. 6472: COVID-19 Price Gouging Prevention Act - Provisions related to prescription drug and medical device pricing HR6711, Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act, DPA impact on Rx manufacturers H.R. 6906: Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act - Provisions related to prescription drug access and cost sharing H.R. 7269: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes - Provisions related to FDA provisional approval pathways H.R. 7288: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other Federal officials to compile into a searchable database information relating to Federal support for biomedical research and development related to COVID-19, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug research and development and transparency H.R. 7296: To require any COVID-19 drug developed in whole or in part with Federal support to be affordable and accessible by prohibiting monopolies and price gouging, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 61: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 - Provisions related to importation S. 73: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 658: Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act or the ADAPT Act - Provisions related to accelerated approval S. 1384: Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and negotiated rebates S. 1391: FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 1437: Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 1532: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers S. 1712: DISARM Act of 2019 - Provisions related to antimicrobial drug development S. 2161: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity S. 2304: Strategies To Address Antibiotic Resistance Act - Provisions related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and other issues S. 2723: Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and other provisions S. 3162: Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug manufacturing S. 3166: Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing S. 3384: Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America's Seniors and Families Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug price negotiation, importation, and other issues S. 3439: Lower Health Insurance Deductibles Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and insurance plan design S. 3432: Securing America's Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020 - Provisions related to advanced manufacturing and prescription drugs S. 3545: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments for Corona-virus Patients Act of 2020 - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals S3780, HOME Act S. 3872: Promising Pathway Act - Provisions related to FDA provisional approval pathways Transparency policy issues S. 3932: A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program - Provisions related to DoD TRICARE pharmacy benefits program S. 4010: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases - Provisions related to priority review vouchers H.R. 7288: Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge (TRACK) Act of 2020 - Provisions related to database of federal biomedical investment information for COVID-19 H.R. 7296: Make Medicines Affordable by Preventing Pandemic Pricegouging (MMAPPP) Act of 2020 Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act of 2020 (discussion draft) Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak (June 22, 2020) Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity policy issues HHS PREP Act declaration relating to COVID-19 Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation and counterfeiting policy issues HHS Safe Importation Action Plan Prescription drug take back and secure disposal policy issues Expanded access policy issues Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policy issues High deductible health plans/HSA policy issues Sharing of truthful and non-misleading information about medicines with healthcare professionals and payors FDA modernization policy issues PDUFA policy issues 340B drug discount program policy issues Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) - Part D provisions Patient assistance program policy issues Foreign manufacturing policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Regulatory efficiencies policy issues COVID-19 policy issues Proposed Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients CARES ACT-Monograph Reform Support for Arthritis Caucus
Client expense: $870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 19/S. 3129, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 H.R. 275, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 448/S. 99, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 748/ S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 1346, Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019 H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019 H.R. 1398/S. 172, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 1425, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1922/S. 1089, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R. 1985, Family Savings for Kids and Seniors Act H.R. 2207, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 H.R. 3030, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Extension Act of 2019 H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act S. 12, Health Savings Act of 2019 S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S. 62, Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019 S. 64, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 80, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, including provisions relating to repeal of the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S. 340, Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 S. 344, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019 S. 470, Medicare at 50 Act S. 684, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 S. 692, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 S. 1416, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 S. 1541, Tobacco-Free Youth Act S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2897, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act S. 3200, Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2911/S. 1697, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (114th Cong.) Proposed regulation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2020 (84 Fed. Reg. 227-321, January 24, 2019) Proposed regulations on Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; interoperability and patient access for Medicare advantage organization and Medicaid managed care plans, state Medicaid agencies, CHIP agencies and CHIP managed care entities, issuers of qualified health plans in the federally-facilitated exchanges and health care providers; supplement and extension of comment period (84 Federal Register 16,834, April 23, 2019) Proposed regulations on Medicare modernizing and clarifying physician self-referral regulations (84 Fed. Reg. 55,766-55,847, October 17, 2019) Proposed regulation on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2021; notice requirement for non-federal governmental plans (85 Fed. Reg. 7,088-7,159, February 6, 2020) Various issues relating to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) program, the section 9010 Health Insurance Providers Fee or Health Insurance Tax (HIT), 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (Cadillac tax); medical device tax; protect Medicare Part Ds Non-Interference Clause from repeal, proposed rule regarding section 1557; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations; balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; legislation addressing mental health parity; inclusion of prescription drug pricing on 2019 congressional agenda; reauthorization of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute; (PCORI); potential premium reduction/reinsurance program to reduce health insurance premiums; medical hospital outpatient prospective payment system for CY 2020; drug pricing; potential healthcare pricing proposals, including a medicaid rebate cap, spread pricing, and inflation penalty; comments on Medicare and State Healthcare Programs: fraud and abuse; revisions to safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute, and civil monetary penalty rules regarding beneficiary inducements; comments on Medicare Program; modernizing and clarifying the physician self-referral regulations; comments on CMS proposed Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments on CMS proposed transparency in coverage rule; comments on HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2021; transparency in coverage; Medicaid fiscal accountability regulations; issues relating to the coronavirus pandemic, including testing, liability protection, and temporary COBRA subsidies; Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF); health insurance coverage during the coronavirus pandemic; health legislative priorities for the potential Phase 4 coronavirus relief package; provisions relating to Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSA) in the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136); FCCs COVID-19 Telehealth Program; Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) temporary rule regarding Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use
Client expense: $12,300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
S.2543 - Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 HR 1499: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act Cell, gene and radioligand therapies 340B Drug Discount Program Drug Importation Outcomes based Contracting/Value based arrangements Orphan Drugs Medicaid Payment Reform AMP Cap S 1895 - Lower Health Care Costs Act HR 987 - Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act H.R.478 - Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R.2011 - Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019 H.R.2296 - FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 S.61 - Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S.1140 - Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019 S.1384 - Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 S.1391 - Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2019 S.1227 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 H.R.447 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R.1922 - Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R.2064 - To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require manufacturers of certain drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report on product samples provided to certain health care providers, and for other purposes H.R.5304 - PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act S.97 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S.657 - A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits Transparency policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues PDUFA, BSUFA, GDUFA Drug vial size policy issues Pharmaceutical supply chain HR 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act) H.R. 4710, Pharmaceutical Independence Long-Term Readiness Reform Act S. 3635, Protecting our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act of 2020 S. 3538, Strengthening Americas Supply Chain and Medical Security Act H.R. 6431, Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act HR 6080, Prevent Drug Shortages Act S. 3432, Securing Americas Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020 H.R. 6670, Prescription for American Drug Independence Act of 2020 H.R. 6930, MADE in America Act HR 4439, Creating Hope Reauthorization Act Pharmaceutical quality COVID 19 H.R 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 748 and S. 3548 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) H.R. 3772, Medicare Diagnostic Radiopharmaceutical Payment Equity Act of 2019 S. 3370: Coronavirus Vaccine Act S. 3548: CARES Act H.R. 6080: Preventing Drug Shortages Act Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients Drug shortages policy issues Proposed Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) Diversity in Clinical Trials FY 2021 Labor-HHS Appropriations Cures 2.0 Energy and Commerce RFI Part B Home Infusion Notice of Benefit Payment Parameters (NBPP) Priority Review Voucher (PRV) H.R. 4400, The Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2019 Vaccines
Client expense: $780,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 965: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R. 985: FAST Generics Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R. 4100: DISARM Act of 2019 - Provisions related to antimicrobial drug development H.R. 5239: Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency H.R. 5668: MODERN Labeling Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug labeling H.R. 6080: Preventing Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug shortage reporting requirements H.R. 6222: Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access H.R. 6231: Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access H.R. 6258: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity H.R. 6260: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments for Coronavirus Patients Act of 2020 - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals H.R. 6390: Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act of 2020 - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 6410: To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19 - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 6450: Price Gouging Prevention Act - Provisions related to prescription drug and medical device pricing H.R. 6457: Disaster and Emergency Pricing Abuse Prevention Act - Provisions related to prescription drug and medical device pricing H.R. 6472: COVID-19 Price Gouging Prevention Act - Provisions related to prescription drug and medical device pricing H.R. 6906: Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act - Provisions related to prescription drug access and cost sharing H.R. 7269: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes - Provisions related to FDA provisional approval pathways H.R. 7288: Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug research and development and transparency H.R. 7296: MMAPPP Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 61: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 - Provisions related to importation S. 73: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 658: Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act or the ADAPT Act - Provisions related to accelerated approval S. 1384: Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and negotiated rebates S. 1391: FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 1437: Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 1532: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers S. 1712: DISARM Act of 2019 - Provisions related to antimicrobial drug development S. 2161: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity S. 2304: Strategies To Address Antibiotic Resistance Act - Provisions related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and other issues S. 2723: Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and other provisions S. 3162: Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug manufacturing S. 3166: Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing S. 3384: Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America's Seniors and Families Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug price negotiation, importation, and other issues S. 3439: Lower Health Insurance Deductibles Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and insurance plan design S. 3545: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments for Coronavirus Patients Act of 2020 - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals S. 3872: Promising Pathway Act - Provisions related to FDA provisional approval pathways S. 3932: TRICARE Retail Pharmacy Prescription Medication Expansion Act of 2020 - Provisions related to DoD TRICARE pharmacy benefits program S. 4010: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act - Provisions related to priority review vouchers Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act of 2020 (discussion draft) Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak (June 22, 2020) Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity policy issues HHS PREP Act declaration relating to COVID-19 Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation and counterfeiting policy issues HHS Safe Importation Action Plan Prescription drug take back and secure disposal policy issues Expanded access policy issues Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policy issues High deductible health plans/HSA policy issues FDA modernization policy issues PDUFA policy issues 340B drug discount program policy issues Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) - Part D provisions Patient assistance program policy issues Foreign manufacturing policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Regulatory efficiencies policy issues COVID-19 policy issues Proposed Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients
Client expense: $5,410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S. 474, Stop the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act; H.R. 447 / S. 97, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 61 / H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 102 / H.R. 465, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2019; H.R.1478, Affordable Insulin Act of 2019; S. 3, Keeping Health Insurance Affordable Act of 2019; H.R 965 / S. 340, CREATES Act of 2019; H.R. 1332, Fair Care Act of 2019; S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act; H.R. 1499, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019; S. 657, A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits; S. 709, Prescription Drug Pricing Dashboard Act; S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019; S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act; H.R. 2296, FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019; H.R. 3947, the Competition Prescription Act of 2019; H.R. 2279, the Safe Step Act; H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act; S. 2543, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019; H.R. 19 / S. 3129, the Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019
Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Pharmacy
S. 3129, Crapo The Lower Costs, More Cures Act HR 19 Walden, the Lower Costs, More Cures Act HR 5444 Underwood, Lower Insulin Costs Now Act HR 5304 Schrader, PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act HR 4906, DeGette, Regarding the costs of insulin HR 5442, Porter, regarding drug pricing S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act HR 2296, regarding prescription drug pricing HR 3, regarding prescription drug pricing (Pelosi) HR 4455, regarding Biologics in Medicare Part D S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act HR 1781, regarding access to data for MedPAC and MACPAC HR 2113, regarding drug price transparency HR 2374, regarding generic drugs and citizens petitions HR 2375, regarding pay for delay agreements and generic drugs HR 2376, regarding the Federal Trade Commissions role in assuring competition in the pharmaceutical supply chain HR 2064, regarding reporting of prescription drug samples given to physicians by manufacturers HR 478 and S. 61, regarding drug reimportation HR 965 and S 340, regarding abuse of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) (CREATES Act) HR 1499, regarding pay for delay in pharmaceutical markets HR 1503, regarding the FDA Orange Book HR 1520, regarding the FDA Purple Book HR 938, regarding generic drug approvals HR 2113, regarding drug pricing transparency
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Pharmacy
Support for S. 97/HR 447 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act and S. 61/HR 447 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act; issues related to personal drug importation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 938, Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 985, Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 986, Protecting American with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 987, Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1010, Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1323, Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1385, State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1386, Expanded Navigators Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1409, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1478, Insulin importation, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1503, Orange Book Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1506, Fair and Immediate Release (FAIR) of Generics Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1520, Purple Book Continuity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2011, Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2038, State-based , Market-Oriented, Prescription Drug Negotiations Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2064, Product Sample reporting, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 97, Affordable and Safe Drug Importation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 102, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 344/H.R. 990, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 366/H.R. 1188, FLAT Prices Act- Reduced exclusivity period for certain price hikes, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 418, FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 419, Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 657, Drug Price Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 658, Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 659, Biologic Patent Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 660, Transparency in Petitions Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 709, Establishes public dashboard for price and utilization of drugs purchased by federal programs, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 741 /H.R. 1730, Cancer Drug Parity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 844, Short Competition Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 989, STEER Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1140, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the treatment under section 351(k)(7) of such Act (relating to exclusivity for reference products) of certain products deemed to have a biological product license pursuant to section 7002 of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S.1169, FDA citizen petition, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1209, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to approval of abbreviated new drug applications, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2115, Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2296/S.1391, FAIR Drug Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2700, Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and other Health Priorities Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 3223, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1361/H.R.2584, Preventive Health Savings Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1437, DTC Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1532, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1636, Ensuring Innovation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1664, Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1801, Affordable Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1895, Lowering Health Costs Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897, a bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897/H.R. 3523, End Price Gouging for Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 2004, Emergency Access to Insulin Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 2279/S. 2546, Safe Step Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions
Client expense: $2,160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Issues concerning BARDA funding; S. 551, Recovering Excessive Funds for Unused and Needless Drugs Act 2019; Drug importation including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; Legislation affecting pharmaceutical pricing including the Lower Heath Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895), Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 (S. 1416), Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2019 (S. 1391, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019 (S. 977), CREATES Act of 2019 (H.R. 965, S. 340), Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 (H.R. 1046), Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act (H.R. 987). Policies impacting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic including H.R. 604, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law No. 116-123; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law No. 116-127; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act"), Public Law No. 116-136; and H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act"). H.R. 2279/S.2546, the Safe Step Act. Policies to ensure an adequate supply of plasma generally and for the development of therapies for COVID-19.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Drug safety and drug counterfeiting; H.R. 2905, Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act; Policies affecting pre-existing condition protections; Drug importation including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3; Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Policies impacting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic including H.R. 604, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law No. 116-123; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law No. 116-127; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act"), Public Law No. 116-136; and H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act").
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Matters affecting access to and pricing of pharmaceuticals; matters affecting the Orphan Drug Act and therapies for rare diseases; legislation and regulatory activity relating to importation of prescription drugs, including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3; Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Policies impacting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic including H.R. 604, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law No. 116-123; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law No. 116-127; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law No. 116-136; and H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act").
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Pharmacy
Importation of prescription drugs (H.R. 447, H.R. 478, H.R. 1478, S. 61, S. 97, S. 658, S. 844) Opioid Abuse - General issues related to opioid drug abuse (Implementation of Public Law 115-271) Implementation of Public Law 113-54 (DSCSA) Issues Related to ARCOS data and suspicious order record requirements & reporting Block, Report, and Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act of 2019 (H.R. 3878)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Pharmacy
H.R. 1614 A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes; John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act S. 724 A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes; John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act S.340 CREATES Act of 2019 H.R. 985 FAST Generics Act of 2019 S.640 Phair Pricing Act of 2019 S. 97 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S. 61 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R. 1034 Phair Pricing Act of 2019 H.R. 965 CREATES Act of 2019 H.R. 1478 Affordable Insulin Act of 2019 H.R. 447 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R. 1499 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act H.R. 3417 The Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Re-authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2296 Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing (FAIR Drug Pricing) Act of 2019 H.R. 1607 Fairness to Pet Owners Act H.R. 3379 Priced Relief, Innovation, and Competition for Essential Drugs (PRICED) Act H.R. 478 Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R. 3 Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 275 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 448 Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 1046 Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 H.R. 5304 PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act H.R. 5172 NOPAIN Act S. 2543 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. Rept. 116-120 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2247 Phair Relief Act of 2019 S. 3070 Preventing Pill Mills Through Data Sharing Act H.R. 3055 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 H.R. 19 Lower Costs, More Cures Act on 2019 S. 3129 Lower Costs, More Cures Act on 2019 H.R. 748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act H.R. 6573 Help our Heroes Access Medicine Act of 2020 H.R. 6557 MAIL Act S. 3979 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to temporarily waive cost-sharing amounts under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program during certain declared emergencies. H.R.6395 - William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare Coverage of Dental Care: H.R. 576 and S. 22, Negotiation of Prescription Drug Prices: S. 99 and H.R. 448 and S. 62 and H.R. 275, Prescription Drug Importation: H.R. 447 and S. 97 and S. 61, Improving Access to Affordable Generics: S. 64. SS Immunization Act: H.R. 5076
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 965: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R. 985: FAST Generics Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R. 1093: Stop Price Gouging Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing H.R. 1323: Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act - Provisions related to the 340B drug discount program H.R. 2296: FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 / More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency H.R. 2376: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers H.R. 4812: Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2019 - Provisions related to registrations under the Controlled Substances Act H.R. 5239: Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency H.R. 5668: MODERN Labeling Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug labeling H.R. 6019: Cure the Coronavirus Act - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug approvals H.R. 6080: Preventing Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug shortage reporting requirements H.R. 6173: Covering Coronavirus Test Act of 2020 - Provisions related to medical device pricing and coverage H.R. 6213: No Cost for COVID-19 Testing Act - Provisions related to medical device pricing and coverage H.R. 6222: Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access H.R. 6231: Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access H.R. 6253: To expand certain securities exemptions to respond to COVID-19, to establish an X-prize for creating an effective COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug research and development H.R. 6261: To provide for coverage of testing for COVID-19 at no cost sharing for Indians receiving health services through the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes - Provisions related to medical device pricing and coverage H.R. 6264: To prohibit price gouging during a state of emergency declaration, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug and medical device pricing H.R. 6351: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer vaccinations for COVID-19, once available, at no cost to the inoculated, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug patient access and cost sharing H.R. 6390: To require the President to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require emergency production of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 outbreak - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 6410: To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19 - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act S. 61: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 - Provisions related to importation S. 73: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 340: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems S. 474: Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to increases in the wholesale acquisition costs of prescription drugs S. 637: Combatting Unreasonable Rises and Excessively (CURE) High Drug Prices Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 657: Drug Price Transparency Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and commercial market rebates S. 660: Efficiency and Transparency in Petitions Act - Provisions related to the FDA citizen petition process S. 801: Payment Commission Data Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency S. 977: Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and foreign reference pricing S. 1089: Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug access S. 1227: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers S. 1384: Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and negotiated rebates S. 1391: FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 1437: Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 1532: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers S. 1567: Finding Orphan-disease Remedies With Antifungal Research and Development Act of 2019 - Provisions related to rare disease research and funding S1872/HR5076 Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act S. 1897: A bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling - Provisions related to prescription drug labeling S. 2004: Emergency Access to Insulin Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing S. 2103: Affordable Insulin Approvals Now Act - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug approvals S. 2161: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity S. 2304: Strategies To Address Antibiotic Resistance Act - Provisions related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and other issues S. 2723: Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and other provisions S. 2897: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act - Provisions related to PCORI reauthorization S. 3162: Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug manufacturing S. 3166: Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing S. 3180: Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug direct-to-consumer advertising S. 3384: Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America's Seniors and Families Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug price negotiation, importation, and other issues S. 3439: Lower Health Insurance Deductibles Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and insurance plan design S. 3432: Securing America's Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020 - Provisions related to advanced manufacturing and prescription drugs S. 3442: Care for COVID-19 Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access S. 3499: A bill to amend coverage requirements to ensure that no person incurs cost sharing when receiving a test to confirm a COVID-19 infection - Provisions related to medical device pricing and access S. 3505: A bill to require private health insurance to rapidly cover preventive services and vaccines related to the coronavirus - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access S. 3545: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for reciprocal marketing approval of certain drugs, biological products, and devices that are authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad, and for other purposes - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals S. 3564: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide medical assistance for COVID-19 treatment services for individuals who are diagnosed with COVID-19, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access S. 3570: A bill to provide for the expedited procurement of equipment needed to combat COVID-19 under the Defense Production Act of 1950 - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act Transparency policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation and counterfeiting policy issues HHS Safe Importation Action Plan Prescription drug take back and secure disposal policy issues Expanded access policy issues Antimicrobial resistance policy issues High deductible health plans/HSA policy issues Sharing of truthful and non-misleading information about medicines with healthcare professionals and payors Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) policy issues FDA modernization policy issues PDUFA implementation policy issues Monograph Reform CDC Programmatic Funding Restoration of HSA/FSAs 340B drug discount program policy issues Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) - Part D provisions Patient assistance program policy issues Foreign manufacturing policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Cancer drug vial size policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Proposed Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients
Client expense: $940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
S.2543 - Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 HR 1520: Purple Book Continuity Act HR 1503: Orange Book Transparency Act HR 1499: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act Fast Generics Cell & Gene Therapy, including reimbursement 340B Drug Discount Program Drug Importation Drug Cost/Pricing Biosimilars Reimbursement Outcomes based Contracting Part D Non-interference Orphan Drugs Virtual Clinical Trials Part D Benefit Redesign Biosimilar Pass Through Payments Value Based Pricing Medicaid Payment Reform AMP Cap Labor HHS Appropriations S 1895 - Lower Health Care Costs Act HR 987 - Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act H.R.478 - Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 H.R.985 - FAST Generics Act of 2019 H.R.2011 - Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019 H.R.2296 - FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 S.61 - Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S.474 - Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act of 2019 S.1140 - Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019 S.1384 - Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 S.1391 - Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2019 S.1227 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 H.R.447 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R.1922 - Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R.2064 - To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require manufacturers of certain drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report on product samples provided to certain health care providers, and for other purposes H.R.5304 - PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act S.97 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S.657 - A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits Transparency policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation and counterfeiting policy issues HHS Safe Importation Action Plan Expanded access policy issues Generic drug approval process policy issues PDUFA implementation policy issues 340B drug discount program policy issues Cancer drug vial size policy issues Pharmaceutical supply chain Pharmaceutical quality H.R 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act (COVID 2) H.R. 748 and S. 3548 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) H.R. 2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 - HHS provisions related to prescription drugs Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes H.R. 3772, Medicare Diagnostic Radiopharmaceutical Payment Equity Act of 2019 H.R. 748: CARES Act - Provisions related to Part B, Part D, vaccines, transparency, and transportation H.R. 6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to biomedical research and prescription drug pricing S. 3370: Coronavirus Vaccine Act - Provisions related to NIH funding S. 3548: CARES Act - Provisions related to supplemental appropriations and federal health programs H.R. 6080: Preventing Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug shortage reporting requirements Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients Drug shortages policy issues Proposed Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) FDA modernization policy issues PDUFA implementation policy issues 340B drug discount program policy issues Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) - Part D provisions Patient assistance program policy issues Foreign manufacturing policy issues
Client expense: $3,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 965: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R. 985: FAST Generics Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems H.R. 1093: Stop Price Gouging Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing H.R. 1323: Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act - Provisions related to the 340B drug discount program H.R. 2296: FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 / More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency H.R. 2376: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers H.R. 4812: Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2019 - Provisions related to registrations under the Controlled Substances Act H.R. 5239: Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency H.R. 5382: To create a mechanism whereby insulin manufacturers may sell directly to consumers at current net prices. - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing H.R. 5668: MODERN Labeling Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug labeling H.R. 6019: Cure the Coronavirus Act - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug approvals H.R. 6080: Preventing Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug shortage reporting requirements H.R. 6173: Covering Coronavirus Test Act of 2020 - Provisions related to medical device pricing and coverage H.R. 6213: No Cost for COVID-19 Testing Act - Provisions related to medical device pricing and coverage H.R. 6222: Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access H.R. 6231: Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access H.R. 6253: To expand certain securities exemptions to respond to COVID-19, to establish an X-prize for creating an effective COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug research and development H.R. 6261: To provide for coverage of testing for COVID-19 at no cost sharing for Indians receiving health services through the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes - Provisions related to medical device pricing and coverage H.R. 6264: To prohibit price gouging during a state of emergency declaration, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug and medical device pricing H.R. 6351: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer vaccinations for COVID-19, once available, at no cost to the inoculated, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug patient access and cost sharing H.R. 6390: To require the President to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require emergency production of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 outbreak - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act H.R. 6410: To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19 - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act S. 61: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 - Provisions related to importation S. 73: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 340: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and limited distribution systems S. 474: Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act of 2019 - Provisions related to increases in the wholesale acquisition costs of prescription drugs S. 637: Combatting Unreasonable Rises and Excessively (CURE) High Drug Prices Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 657: Drug Price Transparency Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and commercial market rebates S. 660: Efficiency and Transparency in Petitions Act - Provisions related to the FDA citizen petition process S. 801: Payment Commission Data Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency S. 977: Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and foreign reference pricing S. 1089: Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug access S. 1227: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers S. 1384: Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and negotiated rebates S. 1391: FAIR Drug Pricing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and transparency S. 1437: Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act - Provisions related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising S. 1532: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and pharmacy benefit managers S. 1567: Finding Orphan-disease Remedies With Antifungal Research and Development Act of 2019 - Provisions related to rare disease research and funding S. 1897: A bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling - Provisions related to prescription drug labeling S. 2004: Emergency Access to Insulin Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing S. 2103: Affordable Insulin Approvals Now Act - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug approvals S. 2161: Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2019 - Provisions related to reciprocity S. 2304: Strategies To Address Antibiotic Resistance Act - Provisions related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and other issues S. 2723: Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing transparency and other provisions S. 2897: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act - Provisions related to PCORI reauthorization S. 3162: Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2019 - Provisions related to prescription drug manufacturing S. 3166: Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing S. 3180: Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug direct-to-consumer advertising S. 3384: Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America's Seniors and Families Act of 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drug price negotiation, importation, and other issues S. 3439: Lower Health Insurance Deductibles Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and insurance plan design S. 3432: Securing America's Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020 - Provisions related to advanced manufacturing and prescription drugs S. 3442: Care for COVID-19 Act - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access S. 3468 Preventing Essential Medical Device Shortages Act of 2020 - Provisions related to medical device shortage reporting requirements S. 3499: A bill to amend coverage requirements to ensure that no person incurs cost sharing when receiving a test to confirm a COVID-19 infection - Provisions related to medical device pricing and access S. 3505: A bill to require private health insurance to rapidly cover preventive services and vaccines related to the coronavirus - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access S. 3545: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for reciprocal marketing approval of certain drugs, biological products, and devices that are authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad, and for other purposes - Provisions related to FDA prescription drug marketing approvals S. 3564: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide medical assistance for COVID-19 treatment services for individuals who are diagnosed with COVID-19, and for other purposes - Provisions related to prescription drug pricing and access S. 3568: To require the President to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require emergency production of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 outbreak - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act S. 3570: A bill to provide for the expedited procurement of equipment needed to combat COVID-19 under the Defense Production Act of 1950 - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act Transparency policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation and counterfeiting policy issues HHS Safe Importation Action Plan Prescription drug take back and secure disposal policy issues Policy issues related to prescription drug abuse and opioids Expanded access policy issues Antimicrobial resistance policy issues High deductible health plans/HSA policy issues Sharing of truthful and non-misleading information about medicines with healthcare professionals and payors Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) policy issues FDA modernization policy issues PDUFA implementation policy issues 340B drug discount program policy issues Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) - Part D provisions Patient assistance program policy issues Foreign manufacturing policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Cancer drug vial size policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Proposed Rule; Importation of Prescription Drugs (RIN 0910-AI45) Buy America and other associated issues related to procurement and sourcing of finished product and active pharmaceutical ingredients
Client expense: $9,020,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 19/S. 3129, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 H.R. 275, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 H.R. 448/S. 99, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 1346, Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019 H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019 H.R. 1398/S. 172, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1922/S. 1089, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 H.R. 1985, Family Savings for Kids and Seniors Act H.R. 2207, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 H.R. 3030, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Extension Act of 2019 H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act S. 12, Health Savings Act of 2019 S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019 S. 62, Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019 S. 64, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 80, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, including provisions relating to repeal of the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S. 340, Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019 S. 344, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019 S. 470, Medicare at 50 Act S. 684, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 S. 692, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 S. 1416, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019 S. 1541, Tobacco-Free Youth Act S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act S. 1948, Chronic Disease Management Act of 2019 S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2897, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act S. 3200, Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020 S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2911/S. 1697, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (114th Cong.) Proposed regulation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2020 (84 Fed. Reg. 227-321, January 24, 2019) Proposed regulations on Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; interoperability and patient access for Medicare advantage organization and Medicaid managed care plans, state Medicaid agencies, CHIP agencies and CHIP managed care entities, issuers of qualified health plans in the federally-facilitated exchanges and health care providers; supplement and extension of comment period (84 Federal Register 16,834, April 23, 2019) Proposed regulations on transparency in health insurance coverage (84 Fed. Reg. 65,464-65,523, November 27, 2019) Proposed regulations on Medicare modernizing and clarifying physician self-referral regulations (84 Fed. Reg. 55,766-55,847, October 17, 2019) Proposed regulation on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2021; notice requirement for non-federal governmental plans (85 Fed. Reg. 7,088-7,159, February 6, 2020) Proposed regulation on Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2021 and 2022 Policy and technical changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare prescription drug benefit program, Medicaid program, Medicare cost plan program, and programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (85 Fed. Reg. 9,002-9,260, February 18, 2020) Various issues relating to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) program, the section 9010 Health Insurance Providers Fee or Health Insurance Tax (HIT), 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (Cadillac tax); medical device tax; protect Medicare Part Ds Non-Interference Clause from repeal, proposed rule regarding section 1557; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations; balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; legislation addressing mental health parity; inclusion of prescription drug pricing on 2019 congressional agenda; reauthorization of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute; potential premium reduction/reinsurance program to reduce health insurance premiums; medical hospital outpatient prospective payment system for CY 2020; drug pricing; potential healthcare pricing proposals, including a medicaid rebate cap, spread pricing, and inflation penalty; comments on Medicare and State Healthcare Programs: fraud and abuse; revisions to safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute, and civil monetary penalty rules regarding beneficiary inducements; comments on Medicare Program; modernizing and clarifying the physician self-referral regulations; comments on CMS proposed Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation; comments on CMS proposed transparency in coverage rule; comments on HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2021; Medicaid fiscal accountability regulations; transparency on coverage; issues relating to the coronavirus pandemic
Client expense: $15,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 938, Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 985, Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 986, Protecting American with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 987, Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1010, Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1323, Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1385, State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1386, Expanded Navigators Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1409, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1478, Insulin importation, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1503, Orange Book Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1506, Fair and Immediate Release (FAIR) of Generics Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 1520, Purple Book Continuity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2011, Protecting Access to Biosimilars Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2038, State-based , Market-Oriented, Prescription Drug Negotiations Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2064, Product Sample reporting, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 61, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 97, Affordable and Safe Drug Importation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 102, Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 344/H.R. 990, Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 366/H.R. 1188, FLAT Prices Act- Reduced exclusivity period for certain price hikes, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 418, FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 419, Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 637, CURE High Drug Prices Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 657, Drug Price Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 658, Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 659, Biologic Patent Transparency Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 660, Transparency in Petitions Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 709, Establishes public dashboard for price and utilization of drugs purchased by federal programs, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 741 /H.R. 1730, Cancer Drug Parity Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 844, Short Competition Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 977, Transparent Drug Pricing Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 989, STEER Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1140, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the treatment under section 351(k)(7) of such Act (relating to exclusivity for reference products) of certain products deemed to have a biological product license pursuant to section 7002 of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S.1169, FDA citizen petition, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. S. 1209, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to approval of abbreviated new drug applications, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions. H.R. 2115, Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2296/S.1391, FAIR Drug Pricing Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R.2700, Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and other Health Priorities Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 3223, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1361/H.R.2584, Preventive Health Savings Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1437, DTC Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1532, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Accountability Study Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S.1636, Ensuring Innovation Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1664, Prescription Drug Price Reporting Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1801, Affordable Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1895, Lowering Health Costs Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897, a bill to establish a process for updating the labeling of certain drugs with outdated labeling, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 1897/H.R. 3523, End Price Gouging for Medications Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions S. 2004, Emergency Access to Insulin Act, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R. 2279/S. 2546, Safe Step Act of 2019, regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions H.R 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), regarding all bio-pharmaceutical related provisions
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Drug safety and drug counterfeiting; H.R. 2905, Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act; Policies affecting pre-existing condition protections; Drug importation including S. 61 and H.R. 478, Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019; S. 97 and H.R. 447, Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act; S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 and H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019; Supply of intravenous immunoglobulin. S.3548/H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act; and H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE