Lobbying Relationship

Client

Viatris Inc.

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Lobbying firm

West Front Strategies LLC

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  • Issues related to drug pricing; issues related to pharmaceutical supply chain; issues related to modernization of prescribing information for physicians and pharmacists; Improved Access to Affordable Medications Act, S. 1120; Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications, S.775 and HR 3839; Part D Formulary Design and Generic Drug Tiering; Prescription Information Modernization Act, HR 1503; and Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Reauthorization.
  • Issues related to Inter Partes Review and patent policy generally; Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act, S.142; Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act, S. 150 Issues related to FDA and PTO coordination, including, Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 (S. 79 and HR 1717) and Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (S.2780 and HR 5429); PREVAIL Act (S.2220 and HR 4370).
  • Medicaid Rebate provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (CPI Penalty).
  • Issues related to access to biosimilar biological products in Medicare Part B, including the Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act, H.R. 1352.
  • Monitor issues related to antitrust and competition.
  • Issues related to e-labeling; monitor issues related to Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act, S.127.

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Pharmacy, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $2,430,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.9: Innovation Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.632: STRONG Patents Act of 2015

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

S.2733: Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2016

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.2841: FAST Generics Act of 2015

Sponsor: Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)

S.3056: CREATES Act of 2016

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

H.R.1314: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

Sponsor: Pat Meehan (R-Pa.)

H.R.4441: Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.2658: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.2051: FAST Generics Act of 2017

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

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

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

H.R.2212: CREATES Act of 2017

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

S.124: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

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.)

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

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.938: BLOCKING Act of 2019

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.1506: FAIR Generics Act

Sponsor: Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.)

H.R.990: Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Bill Flores (R-Texas)

S.344: Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)

S.1416: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.2082: STRONGER Patents Act of 2019

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.3666: STRONGER Patents Act of 2019

Sponsor: Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)

S.2103: Affordable Insulin Approvals Now Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.4913: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require PDP sponsors...

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

S.4134: Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2020

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.2846: Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act of 2021

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

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.1428: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2891: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.2891: Restoring the America Invents Act

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

H.R.2873: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act...

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

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.7006: INSPECTIONS Act

Sponsor: Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

H.R.6973: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

H.R.7032: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act of 2022

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

S.4293: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.1120: Improved Access to Affordable Medications Act

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

S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act

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

S.142: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.1352: Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2023

Sponsor: Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)

S.127: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.3839: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase...

Sponsor: Neal Dunn (R-Fla.)

H.R.1503: Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2023

Sponsor: Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.)

S.79: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.1717: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023

Sponsor: Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)

S.2780: Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act

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

H.R.5429: Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act

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

S.2220: PREVAIL Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.4370: Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation...

Sponsor: Ken Buck (R-Colo.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Cindy Brown Chief of Staff, Rep. Ron Kind
Ashley Davis Special Asst. to the Homeland Security Director
Ashley Davis cont. Deputy Director of Management and Adminstration, EOP
Malloy McDaniel Policy Advisor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Malloy McDaniel cont. Whip Liaison, Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell Floor Assistant, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott Cloakroom Assistant, Office of the Republican Secretary
Kristi Remington Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice
Kristi Remington cont. Senior Counsel, House Government Reform Committee
Shimon Stein Senior Policy Advisor, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
Shimon Stein cont. Program Manager, US Department of Justice Legislative Correspondent, Senator John Ashcroft Paid Intern, Congressman Robert Aderholt
Craig Kalkut Staff Director/Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Analyst, Senate Budget Committee; Counsel, Legislative Assistant, Special Assistant to Chief Staff, Senator Kent Conrad
Christopher Buki Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative John Culberson; Legislative Assistant/Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Bill Shuster; Legislative Director/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative David McKinley

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

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