Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 19.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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2024 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 618, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, all provisions S. 131, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 2923, Living Donor Protection Act of 2023, all provisions S. 1384, Living Donor Protection Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 1359, Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, all provisions S. 644, Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, all provisions H.R. 766, Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act, all provisions S. 114, Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act, all provisions H.R. 2630, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 652, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 113, Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 7153, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, all provisions S. 3679, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, all provisions S. 2840, Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act, all provisions S. 127, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 8325, Physician and Patient Safety Act, all provisions S. 4278, Physician and Patient Safety Act, all provisions H.R. 3417, Facilitating Accountability In Reimbursements (FAIR) Act, provisions relating to site neutral payments H.R. 6033, Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge (SPEAK) Act of 2024, all provisions H.R. 2411, National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 6230, Doctor Knows Best Act of 2023, all provisions S. 4349, A bill to require private health plans to provide for secure electronic transmission of prior authorization requests for prescription drugs, all provisions H.R. 6881, AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023, all provisions S. 5271, A bill to require the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to temporarily exempt buprenorphine from the Suspicious Orders Report System for the remainder of the opioid public health emergency, all provisions H.R. 206, Healthy Technology Act of 2023, all provisions Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act/draft Dr. Paul Farmer Global Health Training Act/draft Telehealth/Licensure portability Telehealth/Reserve Health Readiness Program South Asians in United States/Cardiovascular disease/high mortality rates OBGYN data/Georgia Health information technology/interoperability (HTI-2) Laboratory developed tests Telehealth/data needs Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)/electronic records Mental health parity/addiction equity CHANGE Healthcare cyberattack Cybersecurity incident reporting Nutrition/sodium reduction Maternal mortality Reproductive health Health equity Digital Health/AI Misinformation regulation Medical debt
Client expense: $5,330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2024 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
S. 127, the PBM Transparency Act; S. 113, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act; Request for Information on "Consolidation in Health Care Markets [Docket No. ATR 102]";
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1692 / S 8, the Health Care Affordability Act; HR 2630 / S 652, the Safe Step Act; HR 3433 / S 2897, the Give Kids a Chance Act; HR 3503 / S 1701, The NIH Clinical Trial Diversity Act; HR 3991 / S 1624, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Act; HR 4363 / S 2213, Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act; HR 6003 / S 3103, the Medical Debt Relief Act; HR 6301 / S. 2039, The Cancer Drug Parity Act; HR 7383 / S 1214, the RARE Act; HR 8311 / S 4289, Medical Debt Cancellation Act; HR 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act; HR 1773, the Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act; HR 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act; HR 2868, the Association Health Plans; HR 2880, the Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; HR 3799, CHOICE Arrangement Act; HR 3800, the Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act; HR 5609, the Advancing Health Savings Act; HR 5688, the Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act; HR 5687, the HSA Modernization Act; HR 6664, the Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act; HR 6963, the Pediatric Cancer Drug Supply Chain Act; HR 7384, the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act; HR 8261, Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act; HR 8412, the Clinical Trial Modernization Act; HR 8574, the 340B ACCESS Act; HR 9129, Patient Debt Relief Act; S 113, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S 127, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; S 1339, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; S 1542, the DRUG Act; S 1967 the Patients Before Middlemen Act; S 2243, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act; S 2483, the Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act; S 2973, the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act; S 3167, Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA) Act; HR 9774 / S 5194, the Health Care Affordability Act; Legislation to protect insurance purchasers interacting with insurance brokers; Implementation of the No Surprises Act; Federal rulemaking related to Short-term Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI) plans; Efforts to extend and make permanent the current enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits; Insurance appeals and denials; Federal rulemaking related to Association Health Plans; Consumer protections related to consumers who will lose insurance due to the end of certain federal Medicaid maintenance-of-effort requirements; FDA draft guidance related to dose optimization studies in clinical trials
2024 · fourth_quarter · Pharmacy
Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act (S. 2305) Drug Patent Reform Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) operations and practices, Spread Pricing, Rebates, Delinking Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act (H.R. 2880) Drug Act (H.R. 6283) Robinson-Patman Act Reform Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act (S.2973) Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act (S. 127) Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act (S. 1339) Patients Before Middlemen Act (S.1967) Prescription Pricing for the People Act (S.113) Drug-Price Transparency for Consumers Act (S. 1250) Lower Cost, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) Continuing Resolution (H.R. 10545)
Client expense: $1,210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2024 · fourth_quarter · Pharmacy
H.R. 1613 - Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 - Rep. Carter, Earl - spread-pricing by PBMs for Medicaid H.R. 2880 - Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act - Rep. Carter, Earl - PBM transparency H.R. 4818 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - Rep. Wenstrup, Brad - weight loss coverage H.R. 5372 - Expanding Seniors Access to Lower Cost Medicines Act of 2023 - Rep. Joyce, John - generic drugs, biosimilars cost H.R. 5378 - Lower Costs, More Transparency Act - Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy - PBM transparency H.R. 5385 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act - Rep. Landsman, Greg McMorris - PBM transparency H.R. 6283 - DRUG Act - Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette - PBM contracts H.R. 10445 - Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025 - Rep. Cole, Tom - PBM regulation S. 79 - Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 - Sen. Durbin, Richard - prescription drug patenting S. 113 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 - Sen. Grassley, Chuck - PBM transparency S. 127 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 - Sen. Cantwell, Maria - PBM transparency S. 142 - Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy - pharmacy and biosimilar prescription drugs S. 148 - Stop STALLING Act - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy - pharmacy market approval processes S. 150 - Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 - Sen. Cornyn, John - pharmacy and prescription drug prices, prevent patent thickets S. 574 - Increasing Prescription Drug Competition Act - Sen. Hassan, Maggie - closure of pharmaceutical patent loophole S. 652 - Safe Step Act - Sen. Murkowski, Lisa - medication step therapy protocol S. 954 - Affordable Insulin Now Act of 2023 - Sen. Warnock, Raphael - insulin pricing and cost sharing S. 1269 - INSULIN Act of 2023 - Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne - insulin pricing S. 1339 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - Sen. Sanders, Bernie - PBM transparency S. 1542 - DRUG Act - Sen. Marshall, Roger - PBM regulation S. 2973 - Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act - Sen. Wyden, Ron - Plan implementation S. 3934 - Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2023- Sen. Cornyn, John - Medicare drug access Issues related to the implementation of Inflation Reduction Act - Medicare negotiation; coverage of weight loss drugs; high priced drugs; patent reforms; Pharmacy Benefit Managers; and copay coupons.
| Republican |
| OK |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | NH |
| John Boozman | Republican | AR |
| Kyrsten Sinema | Independent | AZ |
| Maria Cantwell | Democratic | WA |
| Marsha Blackburn | Republican | TN |
| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | HI |
| Mike Braun | Republican | IN |
| Peter Welch | Democratic | VT |
| Raphael G. Warnock | Democratic | GA |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | Democratic | PA |
| Roger Marshall | Republican | KS |
| Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | WV |
| Susan M. Collins | Republican | ME |
| Ted Budd | Republican | NC |
| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |
| Tommy Tuberville | Republican | AL |
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
Client expense: $2,610,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 198: Drug Pricing Transparency and Accountability Act - Provisions related to the 340B Program H.R. 456: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act H.R. 766: Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act H.R. 830: HELP Copays Act - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes H.R. 1613: Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 H.R. 1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the extent to which the substitution of interchangeable biological products is impacted by differences between the system for determining a biological product to be interchangeable and the system for assigning therapeutic equivalence ratings to drugs, and for other purposes H.R. 2534: PROTECT 340B Act of 2023 - Provisions related to the 340B program H.R. 2679: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act H.R. 2707: MADE in America Act H.R. 2816: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Sunshine and Accountability Act H.R. 2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R. 3290: To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program H.R. 3433: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024 H.R. 3561: Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 or PATIENT Act of 2023 H.R. 3839: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase transparency in generic drug applications H.R. 4421: Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act H.R. 4818: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2023 H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act - Provisions related to drug pricing H.R. 4988: Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals Act of 2023 H.R. 5376: Share the Savings with Seniors Act H.R. 5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act H.R. 5391: Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act H.R. 5539: ORPHAN Cures Act H.R. 6283: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging or DRUG Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 H.R. 7024 Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 H.R. 7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act: To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize the negotiation period between small-molecule and biologic candidates under the Drug Price Negotiation Program H.R. 7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 H.R. 7623: Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 H.R. 7635: The 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024 H.R. 8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net (ACCESS) Act H.R. 9096: Pharmacists Fight Back Act S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 148: Stop STALLING Act - Provisions related to citizen petitions S. 1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 S. 1130: Health Care PRICE Transparency Act S. 1264: SMART Prices Act - Provisions related to drug pricing reform S. 1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1375: HELP Copays Act - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes S. 1542: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act or DRUG Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1589: Safeguarding Patients and Taxpayers Act S. 1967: PBM Act S. 2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act S. 2333: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act S. 2474: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 2477: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act (MEPA) S. 3393: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 3430: Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023 S. 5021: 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024 S. 5040: Protecting Patients from Deceptive Drugs Online Act S. 5459: Biosimilars Access and Affordability Act BioCompete Act (draft) Executive Order of February 28, 2024, Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future (SUSTAIN) 340B Act (draft) User fee policy issues Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169) IRA price negotiation expansion policy issues Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform and policy issues Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA) Cancer Moonshot Initiative 21st Century Cures 2.0 Drug cost and pricing policy issues Principles for drug pricing reform Drug importation policy issues Accelerated approval policy issues FDA regulatory approval authority policy issues Competition policy issues Orphan Drug Act policy issues Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policy issues Supply chain policy issues Clinical trial diversity policy issues 340B drug discount program policy issues Patient assistance program policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Pandemic preparedness policy issues Artificial intelligence policy issues Vaccine provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act Policy issues related to vaccines
Client expense: $920,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
S. 79/HR 1717 Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 S. 113 Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 . S. 1250 Drug-price Transparency for Consumers Act S.127 Pharmacy Benefit Transparency Act S. 150 Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 S. 148 Stop STALLING Act S. 142 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Federal Trade Commission related issues, no specific bill Issues related to the Patent Act, no specific bill Issues related to March-In/Bayh Dole, WTO/TRIPS waiver, no specific bill Issues related to patent thickets/product hopping Issues related to obviousness/ double patenting S.2140 Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 S.2220/HR 4370 Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents H.R. 3858/S.1834: A bill to prohibit the President from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights without explicit authorization from Congress. H.R. 3535 Advancing Americas Interests Act H.R. 5475 Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023 S.3385/HR 8333-- BIOSECURE Act BIOCOMPETE (no bill number)- Issues related to prohibiting the export of biotechnology to certain foreign entities Issues related to FDA/PTO coordination S.2780 Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act Issues related to skinny labeling S. 3583/HR 6986 To Address Patent Thickets S. 1956 Invent It Here, Make It Here Act S 5573 Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act
Client expense: $2,780,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
S. 127, the PBM Transparency Act; S. 113, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act; Request for Information on "Consolidation in Health Care Markets [Docket No. ATR 102]"; H.R.10362, the PBM Act of 2024;
Client expense: $412,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Pharmacy
Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act (S. 2305) Drug Patent Reform Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) operations and practices, Spread Pricing, Rebates, Delinking Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act (H.R. 2880) Drug Act (H.R. 6283) Robinson-Patman Act Reform Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act (S.2973) Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act (S. 127) Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act (S. 1339) Patients Before Middlemen Act (S.1967) Prescription Pricing for the People Act (S.113) Drug-Price Transparency for Consumers Act (S. 1250) Lower Cost, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) Continuing Resolution (H.R. 10545)
Client expense: $1,110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Pharmacy
Issues related to S. 113, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S. 127, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; S.1542/H.R. 6283, the Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act; H.R. 1613, the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023; H.R. 2666, the Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act; H.R. 3561, the Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act of 2023 (previously H.R. 2691, Transparent PRICE Act); H.R. 3281, To promote hospital and insurer price transparency; H.R. 2880, Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; H.R. 2679, The PBM Accountability Act; H.R.3285, the Fairness for Patient Medications Act, to establish patient protections with respect to highly rebated drugs; H.R. 3262, To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase transparency of certain health-related ownership information; H.R. 3290, To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program; H.R. 2666, the Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act; H.R. 3284, the Providers and Payers COMPETE Act; S. 1967 the Patients Before Middlemen (PBM) Act; Protect Patients Access to Pharmacies Act; S. 2406, PBM Oversight Act of 2023; S. 2973, Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act; S. 2436, the Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines (NO PBMs) Act; S. 2405, the Strengthening Pharmacy Access for Seniors Act; S. 2254, the Medicare PBM Accountability Act; S. 2052, the Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act; H.R. 4822, the Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023; H.R. 3284, the Providers and Payers COMPETE Act; H.R. 4508, the Hidden Fee Disclosure Act; H.R. 4507, the Transparency in Coverage Act of 2023; H.R. 4895, the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act; H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; H.R. 4527, Health Data Access, Transparency, and Affordability Act (DATA) Act; H.R. 3285, Fairness for Patient Medications Act; S. 2973 Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act; S. 3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act (Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0); H.R.3285 - Fairness for Patient Medications Act; H.R. 3008, the Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2023; H.R. 3810, the Drug Origin Transparency Act of 2023; H.R. 3793, the Ensuring Access to Lifesaving Drugs Act of 2023; H.R. 167, the Patient Access to Urgent-Use Pharmacy Compounding Act of 2023; H.R. 7535, Prescription Drug Supply Chain Pricing Transparency Act; S. 2305, Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act; H.R. 6986/S.3583, to address patent thickets; H.R. 8261, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act; Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future of 340B Act (SUSTAIN 340B Act); S.150, the Affordable Prescription Drug for Patients Act; S. 142, the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act; S. 5503, H.R. 10362, the Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act; P.L. No: 118-158 and draft FY2025 Continuing Resolution, issues related to PBMs.
Client expense: $1,420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Changes to Hatch-Waxman's 180-day exclusivity incentive. Changes to FDA approval process for pharmaceuticals. Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act. Drug pricing proposals. Oversight and reform efforts affecting pharmacy benefit managers, including Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act (S. 127), Prescription Pricing for the People Act (S. 113), and Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 (H.R. 1613), and Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); Patent reform, including the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act (S. 142), Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act (S. 150); Block, Report, and Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act (H.R. 501); Proposal related to drug shortages.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Changes to Hatch-Waxman's 180-day exclusivity incentive. Changes to FDA approval process for pharmaceuticals. Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act. Drug pricing proposals. Oversight and reform efforts affecting pharmacy benefit managers, including Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act (S. 127), Prescription Pricing for the People Act (S. 113), and Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 (H.R. 1613), and Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); Patent reform, including the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act (S. 142), Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act (S. 150); Block, Report, and Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act (H.R. 501); Proposal related to drug shortages.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 198: Drug Pricing Transparency and Accountability Act - Provisions related to the 340B Program H.R. 456: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act H.R. 830: HELP Copays Act - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes H.R. 1613: Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 H.R. 1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the extent to which the substitution of interchangeable biological products is impacted by differences between the system for determining a biological product to be interchangeable and the system for assigning therapeutic equivalence ratings to drugs, and for other purposes H.R. 2534: PROTECT 340B Act of 2023 - Provisions related to the 340B program H.R. 2679: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act H.R. 2707: MADE in America Act H.R. 2816: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Sunshine and Accountability Act H.R. 2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R. 3290: To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program H.R. 3433: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024 H.R. 3561: Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 or PATIENT Act of 2023 H.R. 3839: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase transparency in generic drug applications H.R. 4421: Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act H.R. 4818: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2023 H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act - Provisions related to drug pricing H.R. 4988: Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals Act of 2023 H.R. 5376: Share the Savings with Seniors Act H.R. 5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act H.R. 5391: Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act H.R. 5539: ORPHAN Cures Act H.R. 6283: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging or DRUG Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 H.R. 7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act: To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize the negotiation period between small-molecule and biologic candidates under the Drug Price Negotiation Program H.R. 7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 H.R. 7623: Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 H.R. 7635: The 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024 H.R. 8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net (ACCESS) Act H.R. 9096: Pharmacists Fight Back Act S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 148: Stop STALLING Act - Provisions related to citizen petitions S. 1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 S. 1130: Health Care PRICE Transparency Act S. 1264: SMART Prices Act - Provisions related to drug pricing reform S. 1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1375: HELP Copays Act - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes S. 1497: Emergency Access to Insulin Act of 2023 S. 1542: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act or DRUG Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1589: Safeguarding Patients and Taxpayers Act S. 1967: PBM Act S. 2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act S. 2333: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act S. 2474: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act S. 3393: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 3430: Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023 S. 5021: 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024 S. 5040: Protecting Patients from Deceptive Drugs Online Act S. 5459: Biosimilars Access and Affordability Act BioCompete Act (draft) Executive Order of February 28, 2024, Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future (SUSTAIN) 340B Act (draft) User fee policy issues Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169) IRA price negotiation expansion policy issues Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform and policy issues Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA) Cancer Moonshot Initiative 21st Century Cures 2.0 Drug cost and pricing policy issues Principles for drug pricing reform Drug importation policy issues Accelerated approval policy issues FDA regulatory approval authority policy issues Competition policy issues Orphan Drug Act policy issues Compounding policy issues Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policy issues Supply chain policy issues Clinical trial diversity policy issues 340B drug discount program policy issues Patient assistance program policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Pandemic preparedness policy issues Artificial intelligence policy issues
Client expense: $7,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 618, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, all provisions S. 131, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, all provisions H.R. 2923, Living Donor Protection Act, all provisions of 2023, all provisions S. 1384, Living Donor Protection Act, all provisions of 2023, all provisions H.R. 1359, Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, all provisions S. 644, Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, all provisions H.R. 2630, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 652, Safe Step Act, all provisions H.R. 2761, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act, all provisions S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act, all provisions S. 2840, Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act, all provisions S. 113, Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 7153, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, all provisions S. 3679, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, all provisions H.R. 830, Help Ensure Lower Patient (HELP) Copays Act, all provisions S. 1375, Help Ensure Lower Patient (HELP) Copays Act, all provisions S. 127, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 8325, Physician and Patient Safety Act, all provisions S. 4278, Physician and Patient Safety Act, all provisions H.R. 8383, Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, all provisions S. 4079, Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, all provisions S. 3447, Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act, all provisions H.R. 5012, SHINE for Autumn Act of 2023, all provisions S. 2647, SHINE for Autumn Act of 2023, all provisions S. 3370, Promoting Maternal and Child Health Through Substance Use Prevention Act, all provisions H.R. 1117, Advancing Safe Medications for Moms and Babies Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 3417, Facilitating Accountability In Reimbursements (FAIR) Act, provisions relating to site neutral payments H.R. 6033, Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge (SPEAK) Act of 2024, provisions relating to telehealth/equity H.R. 2411, National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 6230, Doctor Knows Best Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 9572, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act, all provisions H.R. 6881, AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 10282, Expanding Support for Living Donors Act of 2024, all provisions CURES 2.0/draft Dr. Paul Farmer Global Health Training Act/draft Artificial Intelligence for Care Utilization Research and Efficacy Act of 2024/draft Temporary Responders for Immediate Aid in Grave Emergencies (TRIAGE) Act/draft 21st Century Cures Act/implementation improvement No Surprises Act implementation Maternal Health Prior Authorization Public health/Infectious diseases/Chronic diseases Substance use disorder Cybersecurity Health IT and HIPAA/health data access privacy Augmented Intelligence Health Equity Reproductive health Health Information Technology/interoperability (HTI-2) Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Health IT Certification Electronic Health Record (EHR) certification Physician burden reduction/Health IT Interoperability/data sharing/information blocking/provider disincentives Data segmentation Insights condition/maintenance of certification reporting CHANGE Healthcare Cyberattack Overdose epidemic Substance use disorder/barriers to care Rural and small hospitals/obstetrical services/conditions of participation Gender affirming care Nuclear power plants/decommissioning/health risks Nations drug supply/severe weather events
Client expense: $6,590,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S.652 - Safe Step Act (Murkowski/Hassan), support passage H.R. 830 - HELP Copays Act, support passage S.935- Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2023, support passage H.R. 485, Protecting Health Care For All Patients Act, oppose passage as currently written S.127, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act, support passage Urged HELP and House Energy and Commerce Committee to hold roundtables and advance proposals that address workforce issues within the healthcare community. S. 2333 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act, support passage H.R. 824, Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023, oppose passage H.R. 4421, Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act, monitor legislation H.R. 4420, Preparedness and Response Reauthorization Act, monitor legislation Committee Draft -The Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act, support passage S. 1339, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act, support passage S.127, the PBM Transparency Act of 2023, support passage S.113, The Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023, support passage S.2052, Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act H.R. 1692, Health Care Affordability Act of 2023 H.R. 3561, the PATIENT Act of 2023, support passage H.R. 3284, Providers and Payers Compete Act, support passage H.R. 4507, Transparency in Coverage Act, support passage H.R. 4508, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act, support passage H.R. 2816, PBM Sunshine and Accountability Act, support passage S.79- Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023, support passage S. 142- Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act, support passage S.148- Stop STALLING Act, support passage S.150- Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023, support passage S.775-Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act, monitoring S.1067-Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023, support passage S. 2780 Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Ac H.R. 4189, the CONNECT for Health Act, support passage H.R. 1843, the Telehealth Expansion Act, support passage H.R. 8018, the Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act, support passage S. 3109, the Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act, support passage H.R.6302, the Health Share Transparency Act of 2023 H.R.7623, the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024
Client expense: $51,247 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
S.79 - Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023, support passage S.113, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023,support passage S.142, the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act, support passage S.148, the Stop Stalling Act, support passage S.150, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023, support passage H.R.1114- Long COVID Recovery Now Act S.801/H.S. 1616 CARE for Long COVID Act, support passage The Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act, monitor legislation U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Senate, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $51,247 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
S. 1133: 340B Accountability Act 340B Drug Discount Program - Program Implementation & Oversight H.R 2534 - PROTECT 340B Act S. 5021/HR. 7635 - 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024 340B Drug Discount Program - RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 HR. 8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-Net Act(340B ACCESS Act) H.R. 3290: To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 Accelerated Approval Drug Shortages Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting PBM Reform S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products Drug Benefit Design Orphan Drug Issues H.R. 5539/S. 3131: ORPHAN Cures Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 S. 1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products H.R. 830/S. 1375: HELP Copays Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 H.R. 2630/S. 652: SAFE STEP Act H.R. 5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act Lower Costs, More Cures Act Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Step Therapy Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Value-based Contracting and Communications H.R. 198: Drug Pricing Transparency and Accountability Act - Provisions related to the 340B Program H.R. 456: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 H.R. 2679: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act H.R. 2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R. 3433: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2023 H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act - Provisions related to drug pricing H.R. 5376: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 476/H.R. 5547: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act H.R. 6283: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging or DRUG Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1264: SMART Prices Act - Provisions related to drug pricing reform S. 1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1542: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act or DRUG Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1906: Promising Pathway Act - Approval pathway policy issues S. 1967: PBM Act S. 2456: Protecting Seniors from High Drug Costs Act S. 2474: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act (MEPA) S. 4953: Protect Drug Innovation Act User fee policy issues Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform and policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation policy issues Accelerated approval authority policy issues FDA regulatory approval authority policy issues Competition policy issues Clinical trial diversity policy issues Patient assistance program policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Artificial intelligence policy issues S. 2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act IRA price negotiation expansion policy issues Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher program policies
Client expense: $720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Antitrust Legislation ---Oversight Pharmacy Benefit Managers Artificial Intelligence (AI) ---Patent eligibility for inventions created using AI tools Bayh-Dole Act/Tech Transfer ---Bayh-Dole Act ---March-In Rights ---NIST RFI Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March in Rights ---Reasonable Pricing Clause Compulsory Licensing Data Privacy Issues ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---H.R.8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diversity in Patenting ---S.2566: Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents. ---S.2780: Medication Affordability and Patient Integrity Act ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---S.5573: A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for a safe harbor from infringement of a method of use patent relating to drugs or biological products. ---H.R.5475: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023 (Fitzgerald - WI) ---H.R.6275: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act ---FTC Orange Book Delisting Initiative ---Orange Book Listing ---PTO Proposed Rules on Terminal Disclaimer Practice ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Foreign Drug Data Protection Law ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Intellectual Property Enforcement ---China ---TRIPS Waiver Patent Reform ---H.R.4575: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act (PAPA) ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.2140: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) ---S.2220/H.R.4370: Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act ---Patent Litigation Reform ---The USPTO Request for Comments: Experimental Use Defense 89 Fed.Reg 53963 Patenting of Biological Inventions ---S.2140: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) ---Section 101 Modernization World Health Organization (WHO) ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) ---Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge World Trade Organization (WTO) ---TRIPS Waiver
Client expense: $1,460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---S.1133: 340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---S.4667: Risky Research Review Act ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Gain of function (Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act, Risky Research Act) ---MCM PRV Program ---NDAA ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---VICP Loopholes ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosimilar Copay ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---H.R.8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2025 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents. ---S.2780: Medication Affordability & Patient Integrity Act ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---S.5573: A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for a safe harbor from infringement of a method of use patent relating to drugs or biological products. ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547/S.476: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents. ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Efforts to expand the Bio Economy & Bio Manufacturing Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---MCM PRV ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---VICP Funding for FDA ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Creating Hope Reauthorization Act ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Implementation Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) ---Funding for Womens Health Research Generic Drug Entry ---H.R.6973: Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.4351: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4758: Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531/S.2933: Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.3433: Give Kids a Chance Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384/S4583: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART)Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---H.R.5796/S424: Protect our Seniors Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
Client expense: $1,460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2024 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---S.1133: 340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Implementation of BSUFA Agreement ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---H.R.8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents. ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531/S.2933: Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384/S.4583: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART) Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
Client expense: $1,460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Issues related to intellectual property and patent reform, including: S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act; S. 79, Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act; S. 113, Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act; and S. 148, Stop STALLING Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Issues related to intellectual property and patent reform, including: S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act; S. 79, Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act; S. 113, Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act; and S. 148, Stop STALLING Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Issues related to intellectual property and patent reform, including: S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act; S. 79, Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act; S. 113, Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act; and S. 148, Stop STALLING Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Issues related to intellectual property and patent reform, including: S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act; S. 79, Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act; S. 113, Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act; and S. 148, Stop STALLING Act. Issues related to the National Institute of Standards and Technology request for public comment on a Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Issues related to intellectual property and patent reform, including: S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act; S. 79, Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act; S. 113, Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act; and S. 148, Stop STALLING Act. Issues related to the National Institute of Standards and Technology request for public comment on a Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Issues related to patent policy and reform, including to address patent thickets (HR 6986, S. 3583) and Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act (S. 2220, HR 4370), and Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 (S. 2140) FDA/PTO Coordination, including Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 (S.79) and Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (S. 2780, HR 5429) Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 (S.113); Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act (S.142); Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 (S.150).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Pharmacy
Prescription drug industry issues relating to domestic construction and maintenance, prescription drug pricing, supply chain issues, pharmacy benefit managers transparency issues and employment issues, generally; S.127 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023; S.113 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023; H.R.830 - HELP Copays Act; S. 1542 - Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act (a/k/a The DRUG Act"); HR 4895 - H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act; H.R. 2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; HR 6283 - The Drug Act; HR 5378 - Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; HR 10545, American Relief Act, 2025.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Pharmacy
Prescription drug industry issues relating to domestic construction and maintenance, and prescription drug pricing S.127 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023; S.113 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023; H.R.830 - HELP Copays Act; S. 1542 - Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act (a/k/a The DRUG Act"); HR 4895 - H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act; H.R. 2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; HR 6283 - The Drug Act; HR 5378 - Lower Costs, More Transparency Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Increasing access to care by limiting step therapy. Safe Step Act HR 2630, S 652. Lowering out-of-pocket costs for patients. HELP Copays Act HR830, S1375 HHS response to HIV+Hep vs Baccerra law suit. FY 2026 HHS Notice of Benefit Payments and Parameters, copay assistance. Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform. PBM Transparency Act S 127; Prescription Pricing for the People Act S 113; PBM Reform Act, S. 1339; Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508. Funding for medical research and education at the NIH and CDC. Biosimliar interchageability. HHS rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will strengthen non-discrimination protections in health care. Fifth Circuits decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al. v FDA et al. Committee on Education and Workforce ERISA RFI: step therapy reform, copay accumulators and maximizers. FDA - proposed guidance on Diversity Action Plans for medical clinical trials; proposed guidance on development of medications for pediatric inflamatory bowel disease patients.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Use of Section viii statements in pharmaceutical labeling. FDAs approval of over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray. Changes to Hatch-Waxmans 180-day exclusivity incentive. Changes to FDA approval process for pharmaceuticals. Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act. Drug pricing proposals. Oversight and reform efforts affecting pharmacy benefit managers, including Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act (S. 127), Prescription Pricing for the People Act (S. 113), and Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 (H.R. 1613), and Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378). Patent reform, including the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act (S.142), Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act (S.150). Proposals related to drug shortages. Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA). S. 1067, Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act. S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act. S. 1114, Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2023. S. 1552, A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the designation of biosimilar biological products as interchangeable. S. 1543, A bill to require regulations concerning the disclosure of direct and indirect compensation from entities providing pharmacy benefit management services or third-party administration services. Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act (S. 2305). Appeal of a decision regarding the CTPAT Program (DHS).
Client expense: $360,000 · 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), SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Issues pertaining to pharmacists' services including HR 1770 and S 2477, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacists Services and S.1491 Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act Issues relating to the pharmaceutical supply chain, including HR 405, Essential Medicines Strategic Stockpile Act Drug pricing legislation, including S 113
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
S.4875/H.R. 9551, the NO FAKES Act of 2023 S. 2780, the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act H.R. 9455/ S. the IDEA Act H.R. 9211/S. 4840, the RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2024 S. 5160, Sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights. H.R. 8134, the Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2024 (RALIA) H.R. 8132, Balancing Incentives Act of 2024 H.R. 7913, Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act of 2024 H.R. 6684/S. 3569, Improving Efficiency to Increase Competition Act H.R. 5475, Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023 H.R. 6436, Stopping Pharmas Ripoffs and Drug Savings For All Act S, 2934, the SHOP SAFE Act of 2023 H.R. 5475, Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023 S. 2566, the American IP Defense and Enforcement Advancement Act H.R. 9474/S. 2140, Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 S. 2220/H.R. 4370, Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act H.R. 1707, the SMART Act S. 1128, Ensuring Access to Generic Medications Act S.835/H.R.1631, the Pro Codes Act S. 746/H.R. 1505, the No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act S. 574, Increasing Prescription Drug Competition Act S. 253/H.R. 791, the American Music Fairness Act of 2023 S. 153, the Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act S. 150, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act S. 113 Pricing for the People Act S. 79/H.R. 1717, the Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023. S. 42, Prescription Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act H.R.2594 - To control the export to the People's Republic of China of certain technology and intellectual property important to the national interest of the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 2070 - To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Executive Office of the President, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator for fiscal year 2024 H.R. 1016, the Stop Chinas IP Theft Act H.R. 906 , the REPAIR Act H.R. 576, the Copyright Clause Restoration Act of 2023 Issues related to USPTO operations Issues related to international patent harmonization Issues related to patent subject matter eligibility Issues related to Copyright Office Modernization Issues related to the WTO TRIPs Waiver Request
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Library of Congress (LOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1692 / S 8, the Health Care Affordability Act; HR 2630 / S 652, the Safe Step Act; HR 3433 / S 2897, the Give Kids a Chance Act; HR 3503 / S 1701, The NIH Clinical Trial Diversity Act; HR 3991 / S 1624, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Act; HR 4363 / S 2213, Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act; HR 6003 / S 3103, the Medical Debt Relief Act; HR 6301 / S. 2039, The Cancer Drug Parity Act; HR 7383 / S 1214, the RARE Act; HR 8311 / S 4289, Medical Debt Cancellation Act; HR 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act; HR 1773, the Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act; HR 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act; HR 2868, the Association Health Plans; HR 2880, the Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; HR 3799, CHOICE Arrangement Act; HR 3800, the Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act; HR 5609, the Advancing Health Savings Act; HR 5688, the Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act; HR 5687, the HSA Modernization Act; HR 6664, the Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act; HR 6963, the Pediatric Cancer Drug Supply Chain Act; HR 7384, the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act; HR 8261, Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act; HR 8412, the Clinical Trial Modernization Act; HR 8574, the 340B ACCESS Act; HR 9129, Patient Debt Relief Act; S 113, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S 127, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; S 1339, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; S 1542, the DRUG Act; S 1967 the Patients Before Middlemen Act; S 2243, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act; S 2483, the Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act; S 2973, the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act; S 3167, Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA) Act; HR 9774 / S 5194, the Health Care Affordability Act; Legislation to protect insurance purchasers interacting with insurance brokers; Implementation of the No Surprises Act; Federal rulemaking related to Short-term Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI) plans; Efforts to extend and make permanent the current enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits; Insurance appeals and denials; Federal rulemaking related to Association Health Plans; Consumer protections related to consumers who will lose insurance due to the end of certain federal Medicaid maintenance-of-effort requirements; FDA draft guidance related to dose optimization studies in clinical trials
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
H.R. 1613 - Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 - Rep. Carter, Earl - spread-pricing by PBMs for Medicaid H.R. 2880 - Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act - Rep. Carter, Earl - PBM transparency H.R. 4818 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - Rep. Wenstrup, Brad - weight loss coverage H.R. 5372 - Expanding Seniors Access to Lower Cost Medicines Act of 2023 - Rep. Joyce, John - generic drugs, biosimilars cost H.R. 5378 - Lower Costs, More Transparency Act - Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy - PBM transparency H.R. 5385 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act - Rep. Landsman, Greg McMorris - PBM transparency H.R. 6283 - DRUG Act - Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette - PBM contracts H.R. 6963 - Pediatric Cancer Drug Supply Act of 2024 - Rep. Eshoo, Anna - establishes agreements with drug manufacturers to establish reserve supplies of covered pediatric cancer drugs H.R. 7635 - The 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024- Rep. Matsui, Doris - ensures accessibility of drugs under 340B drug discount program S. 79 - Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 - Sen. Durbin, Richard - prescription drug patenting S. 113 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 - Sen. Grassley, Chuck - PBM transparency S. 127 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 - Sen. Cantwell, Maria - PBM transparency S. 142 - Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy - pharmacy and biosimilar prescription drugs S. 148 - Stop STALLING Act - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy - pharmacy market approval processes S. 150 - Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 - Sen. Cornyn, John - pharmacy and prescription drug prices, prevent patent thickets S. 574 - Increasing Prescription Drug Competition Act - Sen. Hassan, Maggie - closure of pharmaceutical patent loophole S. 652 - Safe Step Act - Sen. Murkowski, Lisa - medication step therapy protocol S. 954 - Affordable Insulin Now Act of 2023 - Sen. Warnock, Raphael - insulin pricing and cost sharing S. 1038 - Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 - Sen. Welch, Peter - drug pricing transparency S. 1269 - INSULIN Act of 2023 - Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne - insulin pricing S. 1339 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - Sen. Sanders, Bernie - PBM transparency S. 1542 - DRUG Act - Sen. Marshall, Roger - PBM regulation S. 2973 - Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act - Sen. Wyden, Ron - Plan implementation S. 3934 - Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2023- Sen. Cornyn, John - Medicare drug access Issues related to the implementation of Inflation Reduction Act - Medicare negotiation; coverage of weight loss drugs; high priced drugs; patent reforms; Pharmacy Benefit Managers; and copay coupons.
Client expense: $2,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act (S. 2305) Drug Patent Reform Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) operations and practices, Spread Pricing, Rebates, Delinking Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act (H.R. 2880) Drug Act (H.R. 6283) Robinson-Patman Act Reform Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act (S.2973) Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act (S. 127) Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act (S. 1339) Patients Before Middlemen Act (S.1967) Prescription Pricing for the People Act (S.113) Drug-Price Transparency for Consumers Act (S. 1250) Lower Cost, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378)
Client expense: $1,220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 198: Drug Pricing Transparency and Accountability Act - Provisions related to the 340B Program H.R. 456: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act H.R. 830: HELP Copays Act - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes H.R. 1613: Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 H.R. 1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the extent to which the substitution of interchangeable biological products is impacted by differences between the system for determining a biological product to be interchangeable and the system for assigning therapeutic equivalence ratings to drugs, and for other purposes H.R. 2534: PROTECT 340B Act of 2023 - Provisions related to the 340B program H.R. 2679: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act H.R. 2707: MADE in America Act H.R. 2816: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Sunshine and Accountability Act H.R. 2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R. 3290: To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program H.R. 3433: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024 H.R. 3561: Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 or PATIENT Act of 2023 H.R. 3839: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase transparency in generic drug applications H.R. 4421: Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act - Provisions related to drug pricing H.R. 4988: Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals Act of 2023 H.R. 5376: Share the Savings with Seniors Act H.R. 5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act H.R. 5391: Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act H.R. 5539: ORPHAN Cures Act H.R. 6283: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging or DRUG Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 H.R. 7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act: To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize the negotiation period between small-molecule and biologic candidates under the Drug Price Negotiation Program H.R. 7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 H.R. 7623: Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 H.R. 7635: The 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024 H.R. 8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net (ACCESS) Act H.R. 9096: Pharmacists Fight Back Act S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 148: Stop STALLING Act - Provisions related to citizen petitions S. 1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 S. 1130: Health Care PRICE Transparency Act S. 1214: RARE Act - To set forth limitations on exclusive approval or licensure of drugs designated for rare diseases or conditions S. 1264: SMART Prices Act - Provisions related to drug pricing reform S. 1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1355: PASTEUR Act of 2023 - Provisions related to antimicrobial resistance policy issues S. 1375: HELP Copays Act - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes S. 1542: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act or DRUG Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1589: Safeguarding Patients and Taxpayers Act S. 1906: Promising Pathway Act - Approval pathway policy issues S. 1967: PBM Act S. 2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act S. 2333: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act S. 2474: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act (MEPA) S. 3393: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 5021: The 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024 BioCompete Act (draft) Executive Order of February 28, 2024, Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future (SUSTAIN) 340B Act (draft) User fee policy issues Health Equity Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169), Implementation IRA price negotiation expansion policy issues Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform and policy issues Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA) Cancer Moonshot Initiative 21st Century Cures 2.0 Drug cost and pricing policy issues Principles for drug pricing reform Drug importation policy issues Accelerated approval policy issues FDA regulatory approval authority policy issues Competition policy issues Orphan Drug Act policy issues Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policy issues Supply chain policy issues Real world evidence policy issues Clinical trial diversity policy issues 340B drug discount program policy issues Patient assistance program policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Pandemic preparedness policy issues Cybersecurity policy issues Artificial intelligence policy issues
Client expense: $1,540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
Issues related to S. 113, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S. 127, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; S.1542/H.R. 6283, the Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act; H.R. 1613, the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023; H.R. 2666, the Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act; H.R. 3561, the Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act of 2023 (previously H.R. 2691Transparent PRICE Act); H.R. 3281, To promote hospital and insurer price transparency; H.R.2880, Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; H.R. 2679, The PBM Accountability Act; H.R.3285, the Fairness for Patient Medications Act, to establish patient protections with respect to highly rebated drugs; H.R. 3262, To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase transparency of certain health-related ownership information; H.R. 3290, To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program; H.R. 2666, the Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act; H.R. 3284, the Providers and Payers COMPETE Act; S. 1967 the Patients Before Middlemen (PBM) Act; Protect Patients Access to Pharmacies Act; S. 2406, PBM Oversight Act of 2023; S. 2973, Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act; S. 2436, the Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines (NO PBMs) Act; S. 2405, the Strengthening Pharmacy Access for Seniors Act; S.2254, the Medicare PBM Accountability Act; S. 2052, the Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act; H.R. 4822, the Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023; H.R. 3284, the Providers and Payers COMPETE Act; H.R. 4508, the Hidden Fee Disclosure Act H.R. 4507, the Transparency in Coverage Act of 2023; H.R. 4895, the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act; H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; H.R. 4527, Health Data Access, Transparency, and Affordability Act (DATA) Act; H.R.3285, Fairness for Patient Medications Act; S.2973 Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act; S. 3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act (Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0); H.R.3285 - Fairness for Patient Medications Act; H.R. 3008, the Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2023; H.R. 3810, the Drug Origin Transparency Act of 2023; H.R. 3793, the Ensuring Access to Lifesaving Drugs Act of 2023; H.R. 167, the Patient Access to Urgent-Use Pharmacy Compounding Act of 2023; H.R.7535, Prescription Drug Supply Chain Pricing Transparency Act; S. 2780, Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act; S. 2305, Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act; H.R. 6986/S.3583, to address patent thickets; H.R. 8261, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act; Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future of 340B Act (SUSTAIN 340B Act); H.R. 8574, 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-Net Act (340B ACCESS Act); S.150, the Affordable Prescription Drug for Patients Act; S. 142, the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act.
Client expense: $1,720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Antitrust Legislation Artificial Intelligence patent policy issues (AI) Bayh-Dole Act March-In Rights Compulsory Licensing - 28 USC 1948 Government Use of Patents Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic - TRIPS Waiver S.2780/H.R. 5429: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 S. 148 Stop STALLING Act S. 150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights S. 2220/H.R. 4370: Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act Patent Litigation Reform Patenting of Biological Inventions - Section 101 Modernization H.R. 6684: Improving Efficiency to Increase Competition Act - Patent-related policy issues S. 3583/HR. 6986 - to address patent thickets - Provisions related to patents
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
S. 1133: 340B Accountability Act 340B Drug Discount Program - Program Implementation & Oversight H.R 2534 - PROTECT 340B Act 340B Drug Discount Program - RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 HR. 8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-Net Act(340B ACCESS Act) H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 Accelerated Approval Alternative Funding Programs Drug Shortages Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting S. 79/H.R. 1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 PBM Reform S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products Drug Benefit Design Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Orphan Drug Issues H.R. 5539/S. 3131: ORPHAN Cures Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 S. 1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products H.R. 830/S. 1375: HELP Copays Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 H.R. 2139/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act H.R. 2630/S. 652: SAFE STEP Act H.R. 2666: Medicaid for VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act Lower Costs, More Cures Act Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products National Coverage Determination Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing Step Therapy Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Value-based Contracting and Communications Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule H.R. 198: Drug Pricing Transparency and Accountability Act - Provisions related to the 340B Program H.R. 456: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 H.R. 2679: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act H.R. 2816: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Sunshine and Accountability Act H.R. 2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R. 3093: Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2023 H.R. 3285: Fairness for Patient Medications Act H.R. 3433: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2023 H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act - Provisions related to drug pricing H.R. 5376: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 476/H.R. 5547: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act H.R. 6283: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging or DRUG Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1264: SMART Prices Act - Provisions related to drug pricing reform S. 1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1542: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act or DRUG Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1906: Promising Pathway Act - Approval pathway policy issues S. 1967: PBM Act S. 2456: Protecting Seniors from High Drug Costs Act S. 2474: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act (MEPA) S. 4953: Protect Drug Innovation Act User fee policy issues Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform and policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Drug importation policy issues Accelerated approval authority policy issues FDA regulatory approval authority policy issues Competition policy issues Clinical trial diversity policy issues Patient assistance program policy issues Drug shortages policy issues COVID-19 policy issues Pandemic preparedness policy issues Artificial intelligence policy issues IRA price negotiation expansion policy issues
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
H.R. 2139/S. 908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 2148/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act S. 476/H.R. 5547: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act H.R. 7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act S. 79/H.R. 1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 S. 142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act PBM Reform Medicaid H.R. 2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act Average Manufacturers Price Calculations Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products Drug Benefit Design Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule Pricing and Rebates Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products H.R. 830/S. 1375: HELP Copays Act H.R. 2139/S. 908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R. 2148/S. 909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act H.R. 2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 H.R. 2630/S. 652: SAFE STEP Act H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs, More Transparency Act CMMI Authority Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs Lower Costs, More Cures Act National Coverage Determination Protected Classes Step Therapy Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule H.R. 3421: Medicare for All Act Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169) Part D redesign and policy issues including non-interference and rebates policy issues Part B policy issues Drug cost and pricing policy issues Rebate policy issues Value-based purchasing arrangements policy issues Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and model policy issues CMS Guidance on the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Initial Memorandum CMS Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Revised Guidance S.1544/H.R. 1199: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
S. 79/HR 1717 Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 S. 113 Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 . S. 1250 Drug-price Transparency for Consumers Act S.127 Pharmacy Benefit Transparency Act S. 150 Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 S. 148 Stop STALLING Act S. 142 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Federal Trade Commission related issues, no specific bill Issues related to the Patent Act, no specific bill Issues related to March-In/Bayh Dole, WTO/TRIPS waiver, no specific bill Issues related to patent thickets/product hopping Issues related to obviousness/ double patenting S.2140 Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 S.2220/HR 4370 Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents H.R. 3858/S.1834: A bill to prohibit the President from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights without explicit authorization from Congress. H.R. 3535 Advancing Americas Interests Act H.R. 5475 Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023 S.3385/HR 8333-- BIOSECURE Act BIOCOMPETE (no bill number)- Issues related to prohibiting the export of biotechnology to certain foreign entities Issues related to FDA/PTO coordination S.2780 Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act Issues related to skinny labeling S. 3583/HR 6986 To Address Patent Thickets S. 1956 Invent It Here, Make It Here Act
Client expense: $2,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Health Issues
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574 - 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---S1133: 350B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---S. 4667 Risky Research Review Act ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Gain of function (Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act, SAFE Risky Research Act) ---MCM PRV Program ---NDAA ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---VICP Loopholes ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosimilar Copay ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change ---FY 2025 Appropriations Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---H.R. 8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2025 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---S. 2780 Medication Affordability & Patient Integrity Act ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547/S.476: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Efforts to expand the Bio Economy & Bio Manufacturing Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---MCM PRV ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---VICP Funding for FDA ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Creating Hope Reauthorization Act ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Implementation Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) ---Funding for Womens Health Research Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---S.4351: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---H.R 6973: Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531/2933: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.3433 - Give Kids a Chance Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384/S4583: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART)Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---H.R.5796/S424: Protect our Seniors Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
Client expense: $1,680,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.8574 - 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---S1133: 350B Accountability Act ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Access to non-human Primates (NHPs) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3577: Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2023 ---H.R.3631: State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023 ---H.R.3703: Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act of 2023 ---H.R.3742: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate the Federal Governments collection and sharing of public health data to respond to public health emergencies. ---H.R.3791: Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements (DATA) in Public Health Act ---H.R.3795: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the development of a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during public health emergencies, and for other purposes. ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---Gain of function (Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act, SAFE Risky Research Act) ---MCM PRV Program ---NDAA ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---VICP Loopholes ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Implementation of BSUFA Agreement ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy Climate Change ---FY 2025 Appropriations Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---HR 8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials ---Implementation of Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act Drug Evaluation and Review ---S.1906: Promising Pathway Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---S.2780 - Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5547: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6283: DRUG Act ---H.R.7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents, ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Regulatory Harmonization Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing Models ---H.R.7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531/S.2933: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---S.1214: Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---Implementation of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384/S.4583: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 ---Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART)Act ---Rare Disease Pilot Program ---Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.830/S.1375: HELP Copays Act ---H.R.2139/S.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2666: The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---H.R.2630/S.652: SAFE STEP Act ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---Adult Immunization ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---H.R.7551: Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft)
Client expense: $1,680,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Antitrust Legislation ---Oversight Pharmacy Benefit Managers Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bayh-Dole Act/Tech Transfer ---S.1956 Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2023 (Baldwin) ---Bayh-Dole Act ---March-In Rights ---NIST RFI Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March in Rights ---Reasonable Pricing Clause Compulsory Licensing Data Privacy Issues ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---S.3558: A bill to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers, and for other purposes. ---H.R. 8818: American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Diversity in Patenting ---S.2566: Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act Drug Patenting ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---S. 2780 - Medication Affordability and Patient Integrity Act ---S.3583/H.R.6986: A bill to address patent thickets ---H.R.5475 Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023 (Fitzgerald - WI) ---H.R. 6275 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act ---FTC Orange Book Delisting Initiative ---Orange Book Listing ---PTO Proposed Rules on Terminal Disclaimer Practice ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Foreign Drug Data Protection Law ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act ---H.R.7520: Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain Intellectual Property Enforcement ---China ---TRIPS Waiver Patent Reform ---H.R.4575: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act (PAPA) ---S.79/H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 ---S.2140: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) ---S.2220/H.R.4370: Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act ---Patent Litigation Reform ---The USPTO Request for Comments: Experimental Use Defense 89 Fed.Reg 53963 Patenting of Biological Inventions ---S.2140: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) ---Section 101 Modernization World Health Organization (WHO) ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) ---Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge World Trade Organization (WTO) ---TRIPS Waiver
Client expense: $1,680,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 198: Drug Pricing Transparency and Accountability Act - Provisions related to the 340B Program H.R. 456: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act H.R. 830: HELP Copays Act - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes H.R. 1613: Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023 H.R. 1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the extent to which the substitution of interchangeable biological products is impacted by differences between the system for determining a biological product to be interchangeable and the system for assigning therapeutic equivalence ratings to drugs, and for other purposes H.R. 2534: PROTECT 340B Act of 2023 - Provisions related to the 340B program H.R. 2679: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act H.R. 2707: MADE in America Act H.R. 2816: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Sunshine and Accountability Act H.R. 2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R. 3290: To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program H.R. 3433: Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024 H.R. 3561: Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 or PATIENT Act of 2023 H.R. 3839: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase transparency in generic drug applications H.R. 4421: Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act H.R. 4818: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2023 H.R. 4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act - Provisions related to drug pricing H.R. 4988: Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals Act of 2023 H.R. 5376: Share the Savings with Seniors Act H.R. 5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act H.R. 5391: Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act H.R. 5539: ORPHAN Cures Act H.R. 6283: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging or DRUG Act H.R. 6664: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 H.R. 7174: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act: To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize the negotiation period between small-molecule and biologic candidates under the Drug Price Negotiation Program H.R. 7248: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 H.R. 7623: Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 H.R. 7635: The 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024 H.R. 8574: 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net (ACCESS) Act H.R. 9096: Pharmacists Fight Back Act S. 113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 - Provisions related to PBMs S. 148: Stop STALLING Act - Provisions related to citizen petitions S. 1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 S. 1130: Health Care PRICE Transparency Act S. 1214: RARE Act - To set forth limitations on exclusive approval or licensure of drugs designated for rare diseases or conditions S. 1264: SMART Prices Act - Provisions related to drug pricing reform S. 1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1355: PASTEUR Act of 2023 - Provisions related to antimicrobial resistance policy issues S. 1375: HELP Copays Act - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes S. 1497: Emergency Access to Insulin Act of 2023 S. 1542: Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act or DRUG Act - Provisions related to PBMs S. 1589: Safeguarding Patients and Taxpayers Act S. 1906: Promising Pathway Act - Approval pathway policy issues S. 1967: PBM Act S. 2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act S. 2333: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act S. 2474: Share the Savings with Seniors Act S. 2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act (MEPA) S. 3393: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 5021: 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024 BioCompete Act (draft) Executive Order of February 28, 2024, Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future (SUSTAIN) 340B Act (draft) User fee policy issues Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169) IRA price negotiation expansion policy issues Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform and policy issues Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA) Cancer Moonshot Initiative 21st Century Cures 2.0 Drug cost and pricing policy issues Principles for drug pricing reform Drug importation policy issues Accelerated approval policy issues FDA regulatory approval authority policy issues Competition policy issues Orphan Drug Act policy issues Compounding policy issues Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policy issues Supply chain policy issues Real world evidence policy issues Clinical trial diversity policy issues 340B drug discount program policy issues Patient assistance program policy issues Biosimilar approval and reimbursement policy issues Drug shortages policy issues Pandemic preparedness policy issues Artificial intelligence policy issues Cybersecurity policy issues
Client expense: $6,880,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2024 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to prescription drug coverage and pharmacy benefits Issues related to the prescription drug marketplace, patents, and competition Regulatory and proposed legislative changes to Medicare Part D and Medicaid prescription drug benefits S.113 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act S.127 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S.142 - Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S.148 - Stop STALLING Act S.652 - Safe Step Act S.775 - Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act S.1067 - Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act S.1114 - Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act S.1120 - Improved Access to Affordable Medications Act S.1128 - Ensuring Access to Generic Medications Act S.1339 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act S.1542/H.R.6283 - Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act S.2973 - Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act S.3430 - Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act S.150 - Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 H.R.1352 - Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act H.R.1790 - Biologics Competition Act H.R.2880 - Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R.4881 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit cost sharing for drugs under the Medicare program H.R.5378 - Lower Costs More Transparency Act H.R.5385 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act H.R. 8261- Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, Sec. 302 H.R.7623- Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 H.R.4758- Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act AINS Sec. 3 H.R.9096- Pharmacists Fight Back Act Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 169- Provisions on Medicare Part D modernization and drug price negotiation
Client expense: $4,165,073 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Pharmacy
Issues related to pharmacy contracting with respect to drug pricing and pharmacy networks Regulatory and proposed legislative changes to Medicare Part D pharmacy contracting, pharmacy networks, and mail-service pharmacy S.113 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act S.127 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S.1339 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act S.2973 - Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act S.3430 - Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act H.R.2880 - Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act H.R.5378 - Lower Costs More Transparency Act H.R.5385 - Medicare PBM Accountability Act S.1542/H.R.6283 - Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act H.R. 8261- Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, Sec. 302 H.R.7623- Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 H.R.4758 - Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act AINS Sec. 3 H.R. 9096 - Pharmacists Fight Back Act Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, P.L. 169- Provisions on Medicare Part D modernization and drug price negotiation
Client expense: $4,165,073 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
S.4875/H.R. 9551, the NO FAKES Act of 2023 S. 2780, the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act H.R. 9455/ S. the IDEA Act H.R. 9211/S. 4840, the RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2024 S. 5160, Sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights. H.R. 8134, the Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2024 (RALIA) H.R. 8132, Balancing Incentives Act of 2024 H.R. 7913, Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act of 2024 H.R. 6684/S. 3569, Improving Efficiency to Increase Competition Act H.R. 5475, Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023 H.R. 6436, Stopping Pharmas Ripoffs and Drug Savings For All Act S, 2934, the SHOP SAFE Act of 2023 H.R. 5475, Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023 S. 2566, the American IP Defense and Enforcement Advancement Act H.R. 9474/S. 2140, Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 S. 2220/H.R. 4370, Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act H.R. 1707, the SMART Act S. 1128, Ensuring Access to Generic Medications Act S.835/H.R.1631, the Pro Codes Act S. 746/H.R. 1505, the No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act S. 574, Increasing Prescription Drug Competition Act S. 253/H.R. 791, the American Music Fairness Act of 2023 S. 153, the Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act S. 150, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act S. 113 Pricing for the People Act S. 79/H.R. 1717, the Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023. S. 42, Prescription Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act H.R.2594 - To control the export to the People's Republic of China of certain technology and intellectual property important to the national interest of the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 2070 - To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Executive Office of the President, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator for fiscal year 2024 H.R. 1016, the Stop Chinas IP Theft Act H.R. 906 , the REPAIR Act H.R. 576, the Copyright Clause Restoration Act of 2023 Issues related to USPTO operations Issues related to international patent harmonization Issues related to patent subject matter eligibility Issues related to Copyright Office Modernization Issues related to the WTO TRIPs Waiver Request
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Library of Congress (LOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 618, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, all provisions S. 131, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 2923, Living Donor Protection Act of 2023, all provisions S. 1384, Living Donor Protection Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 1359, Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, all provisions S. 644, Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, all provisions H.R. 766, Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act, all provisions S. 114, Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act, all provisions H.R. 2630, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 652, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 113, Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 7153, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, all provisions S. 3679, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, all provisions S. 2840, Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act, all provisions S. 127, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 8325, Physician and Patient Safety Act, all provisions S. 4278, Physician and Patient Safety Act, all provisions H.R. 3417, Facilitating Accountability In Reimbursements (FAIR) Act, provisions relating to site neutral payments H.R. 6033, Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge (SPEAK) Act of 2024, all provisions H.R. 2411, National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 6230, Doctor Knows Best Act of 2023, all provisions S. 4349, A bill to require private health plans to provide for secure electronic transmission of prior authorization requests for prescription drugs, all provisions H.R. 6881, AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023, all provisions S. 5271, A bill to require the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to temporarily exempt buprenorphine from the Suspicious Orders Report System for the remainder of the opioid public health emergency, all provisions H.R. 206, Healthy Technology Act of 2023, all provisions Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act/draft Dr. Paul Farmer Global Health Training Act/draft Telehealth/Licensure portability Telehealth/Reserve Health Readiness Program South Asians in United States/Cardiovascular disease/high mortality rates OBGYN data/Georgia Health information technology/interoperability (HTI-2) Laboratory developed tests Telehealth/data needs Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)/electronic records Mental health parity/addiction equity CHANGE Healthcare cyberattack Cybersecurity incident reporting Nutrition/sodium reduction Maternal mortality Reproductive health Health equity Digital Health/AI Misinformation regulation Medical debt
Client expense: $5,330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2024 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Issues related to intellectual property and patent reform, including: S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act; S. 79, Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act; S. 113, Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act; and S. 148, Stop STALLING Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE