Lobbying Relationship

Client

Association of Accessible Medicines (formerly known as GPhA)

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Lobbying firm

Fierce Government Relations

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  • Supply Chain, Drug Shortages, Patent Thickets, Drug Pricing, Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

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General Issues: Pharmacy, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Medicare/Medicaid, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $1,870,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Treasury - Dept of, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills mentioned

S.297: Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.749: Lower Drug Costs through Competition Act

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

S.974: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2018

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.2051: FAST Generics Act of 2017

Sponsor: David McKinley (R-W.Va.)

H.R.2212: CREATES Act of 2017

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

H.R.2430: FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.934: FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.2615: Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.3056: CREATES Act of 2016

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.5054: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.34: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)

S.2514: PACED Act

Sponsor: Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)

S.340: CREATES Act of 2019

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.965: CREATES Act of 2019

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

H.R.1499: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.64: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.1416: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.4049: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.938: BLOCKING Act of 2019

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.4348: FDASLA Act of 2022

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.7667: Food and Drug Amendments of 2022

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

S.4417: Patent Trial and Appeal Board Reform Act of 2022

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Angie Craig (D-Minn.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

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

S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act

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

S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023

Sponsor: Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

S.1114: Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2023

Sponsor: Tina Smith (D-Minn.)

S.2129: Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act

Sponsor: James Lankford (R-Okla.)

H.R.6369: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend incentive...

Sponsor: Kim Schrier (D-Wash.)

S.3430: Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.405: Essential Medicines Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Kirk Blalock Confidential Assistant to the Sec US Dept of Education, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House
Kirsten Chadwick Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Mike Chappell Press Aide/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Pickering, Special Projects Director, Rep. Pickering
Aleix Jarvis Legislative Director, Senator Lindsey Graham, Legislative Director, Congressman Lindsey Graham, Legislative Assistant, Congressman Lindsey Graham, Staff Assistant, Congressman Charles Taylor
Kate Hull Staff Director for Senate HELP & Subcommittee on Aging, Sr. Legislative Assistant, Senator Tim Hutchinson, Legislative Staff, Senator Bill Cohen
Billy Piper Special Asst,Sen. McConnell, Legislative Correspondent,Sen. McConnell, Legislative Aide,Sen. McConnell, Legislative Asst,Sen. McConnell, Appropriations Coordinator, Sen. McConnell, Sr. Legislative Asst, Sen. McConnell, Chief of Staff, Sen. McConnell
Danielle Maurer Staff Asst,House Rules Cmte, Professional Staff Member,House Rules Cmte, Sr. Floor Asst,House Maj. Leader, Director Member Services,House Min. Leader, Director Member Services,Speaker of the House, Staff Asst,OMB, Deputy to the Assoc. Director,OMB
Tyler Stephens Staff Assistant,Senator Isakson, Legislative Correspondent,Senator Chambliss, Legislative Assistant,Senator Chambliss, Professional Staff Member,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senior Policy Advisor,Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Eric Zulkosky Director of Member Services, Majority Whip Steve Scalise, LD, Rep. Scalise, LA, Rep. Scalise, LA, Sen. Johanns, LC, Sen. Johanns, LC Sen. Dole, Mail Manager, Sen. Dole, Staff Assistant, Sen. Dole

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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

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