Lobbying Relationship

Client

The Biosimilars Forum

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Lobbying firm

Thorn Run Partners

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  • Medicare reimbursement issues. FDA regulations of biosimilars. Issues related to Drug Pricing Reduction and increasing access to Biosimilars. Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act. S.4302 - Senator Marshall, the Biologics Market Transparency Act. H.R.2679 - Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act. H.R.1790 - Biologics Competition Act of 2023. S.2305 - Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act.
  • Drug pricing legislation. Labor, Health and Human Services issues. Efforts surrounding user fees.

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Pharmacy, Accounting

Spending: about $1,940,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Related Foreign Entities: Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (55216 Ingelheim am Rhein, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Merck KGaA (64293 Darmstadt, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Samsung Bioepis (Incheon, KOR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Novartis AG (Basel, SUI); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Petah Tikva, ISR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Fresenius Kabi AG (61352 Bad Homburg vor der Hohe, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Merck KGaA (64293 Darmstadt, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.1520: Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.4597: ACCESS for Biosimilars Act of 2019

Sponsor: Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

H.R.4455: BIOSIM Act

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.4629: Star Rating for Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.3466: Acting to Cancel Copays and Ensure Substantial Savings for Biosimilars...

Sponsor: Martha McSally (R-Ariz.)

H.R.6179: Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2020

Sponsor: Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)

S.4134: Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2020

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.164: Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021

Sponsor: Margaret Hassan (D-N.H.)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.2815: BIOSIM Act

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.2855: Star Rating for Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2868: Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2021

Sponsor: G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)

H.R.2869: Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2021

Sponsor: Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)

S.1427: Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.7006: INSPECTIONS Act

Sponsor: Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

H.R.4502: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.2679: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act

Sponsor: Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)

H.R.1790: Biologics Competition Act of 2023

Sponsor: Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa)

S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Stuart Chapman Chief of Staff, Representative Carolyn McCarthy; Chief of Staff, Representative Zack Space; Press Secretary, Senator Jay Rockefeller; Press Secretary, Representative Barbara Lee
Alex DelPizzo Legislative Director/Legislative Asst, Rep. Ferguson; Staff Asst, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Jessie Brairton Senior LA/LA: Cong L.Smith; LC,Asst: Senate Aging Comm
Thayer Roberts n/a

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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