FORWARD Act of 2023

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

Antimicrobial resistance; advanced molecular detection; PASTEUR Act S. 1355, H.R. 2940; SUPER BUGS Act H.R. 1305; FORWARD Act S. 3464, H.R. 6731; SEWER Act H.R. 9008; SALSA Act H.R. 2377, S. 1000;

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

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 ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---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 ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---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 ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern 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.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. ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---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: 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 ---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: 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.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments 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.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 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 ---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 ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) 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)

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 ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---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 ---Biosimilar Copay ---BSUFA Negotiations ---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 ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern 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.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: 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. ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---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) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for 2024-2025 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for FDA ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---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) Act ---Funding for Womens Health Research 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 Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: 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 ---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: 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 ---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 ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) 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)

Antimicrobial resistance; advanced molecular detection; PASTEUR Act S. 1355, H.R. 2940; SUPER BUGS Act H.R. 1305; FORWARD Act S. 3464, H.R. 6731; SEWER Act H.R. 9008; SALSA Act H.R. 2377, S. 1000;

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 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 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---MCM PRV Program ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---PREP Act COVID-19 Declaration Coverage for Private Sector Procurement ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Climate Change ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---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. ---American Data Privacy and Protection Act ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---Ranking Member Cassidy RFI on Improving Americans Health Data Privacy 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 ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---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 ---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 ---CLEAR Patents Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---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.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures 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 ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---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. ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2025 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for 2024-2025 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for FDA ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Implementation Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Incentives for Generic Entry 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 ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency 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 Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 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.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments 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.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 ---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 ---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 2024 Appropriations ---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 ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) 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 2024 Appropriations ---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)

340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---RFI for SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 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 ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---Biosecurity Infrastructure for Operational (BIO) Early Warning Act (Discussion Draft) ---Implementation of Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016 ---Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act of 2019 ---MCM PRV Program ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Implementation of Pandemics Require Evaluating, Planning, And Responding Effectively (PREPARE) Act ---PREP Act COVID-19 Declaration Coverage for Private Sector Procurement ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Supply Chain Issues ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Climate Change ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Data Privacy ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---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. ---American Data Privacy and Protection Act ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern ---Ranking Member Cassidy RFI on Improving Americans Health Data Privacy 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 ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---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 ---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 ---CLEAR Patents Act ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---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.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.5539/S.3131: ORPHAN Cures 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 ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---PBM Reform Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---H.R.7085: BIOSECURE Act -------At the direction of its core members, BIO advocated on behalf of the biotech industry to avoid supply chain disruptions that would interrupt treatments and cures for patients. During February 2024, BIO coordinated some of this advocacy with WuXiAppTec (then an associate member of BIO) and with other BIO members also, seeking removal of the list of entities specifically named in the proposed legislation being referenced as the BIOSECURE Act, which included WuXiAppTec. ---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. ---Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2025 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Health Defense Operations Funding Designation ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Funding for 2024-2025 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for FDA ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Implementation Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations Funding for National Institutes of Health ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---FY 2025 Appropriations ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Incentives for Generic Entry 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 ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: SUPPORT Act ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---Transparency 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 Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.7384: Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 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.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments 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.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 ---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 ---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 2024 Appropriations ---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 ---S.4509: Vaccine and Coverage Certainty (VACC) 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 2024 Appropriations ---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)

Issues related to Valley fever; H.R. 6227/S.3220 - Adding Coccidioidomycosis to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act of 2023; H.R. 6731/S.3464, the FORWARD Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Antimicrobial resistance; advanced molecular detection; PASTEUR Act S. 1355, H.R. 2940; SUPER BUGS Act H.R. 1305; FORWARD Act S. 3464, H.R. 6731

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.3290: 340B Drug Discount Program ---Program Implementation & Oversight Accelerated Approval ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 AI Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---H.R.3832: Disease X Act of 2023 ---MCM PRV Program ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program ---American Pandemic Preparedness Plan (AP3) ---WHO Pandemic Accord ---VICP Loopholes ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts Biosimilars ---BIOSIM Act ---S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Biosimilar Copay ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Reimbursement ---BSUFA Negotiations ---Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act ---S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---Vaccine And Coverage Certainty (VACC) Act ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution ---Healthcare Disparities ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Medicare Reimbursement Policies ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---TRIPS Waiver ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Climate Change Data Privacy ---American Data Privacy and Protection Act ---Health Data Privacy ---CDC ---NIH Modernization Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials Drug Evaluation and Review ---COVID-19 Lessons Learned ---FDA Hiring Flexibility ---FDA Management and Financial Accountability ---General Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Executive Order on Buy American ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Counterfeiting ---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 ---S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---S.1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents ---Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights ---Draft Double Patenting bill ---H.R.2883/S.1485: Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications ---H.R.2891/S.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---CLEAR Patents Act ---H.R.6275: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2023 ---S.3583/H.R.6986 - 118th Cong. A bill to address patent thickets. Drug Pricing ---H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023 ---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.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, ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---National Coverage Determination ---S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---H.R.5547/S.476: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.4531: Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act ---H.R.5539: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.5391/S.2764: Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act ---Small and Large Molecule IRA Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2940/S.1355: Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act ---National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024 Funding for Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---FY 2024 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) ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Programs ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---Funding for 2024-2025 Influenza Season Preparedness and Response ---Funding for Routine Immunization Infrastructure during Pandemic Funding for FDA ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---Implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII Priorities Funding for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Funding for the HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy Funding for National Institutes of Health ---Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Act Gene Therapy Generic Drug Entry ---S.148: Stop STALLING Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act Medicaid ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency bills ---Pricing and Rebates ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---H.R.4531: SUPPORT Act ---Coverage and Reimbursement ---Non-Opioid Analgesics Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.5539: ORPHAN Cures Act ---Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act (Discussion Draft) ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---PPRV Reauthorization ---Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act 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.908: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---H.R.2148/S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---S.2327: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act ---S.652/H.R.2630: Safe Step Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---In-Home Administration of Part B Drugs ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---Lower Costs, More Cures Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2408: Access to Innovative Treatments Act of 2023 ---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 ---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 ---H.R.6731/S.3464: The FORWARD Act Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---FY 2024 Appropriations ---H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ---S.3810: Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act (Discussion Draft) ---H.R.5142: Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2023 ---H.R.5143: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2023 ---VICP CICP (Discussion Draft) ---VICP Loopholes

Issues related to Valley fever; H.R. 6227/S.3220 - Adding Coccidioidomycosis to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act of 2023; H.R. 6731/S.3464, the FORWARD Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE