Lobbying Relationship

Client

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp.

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Lobbying firm

W Strategies, LLC

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  • Issues related to orphan drugs and the value of innovative medicines. March 2016 CMS proposed rule implementing a new Part B drug payment model. H.R. 5122 - To prohibit further action on the proposed rule regarding testing of Medicare part B prescription drug models.

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

Spending: about $140,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.5122: To prohibit further action on the proposed rule regarding testing of...

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

H.R.3513: Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2015

Sponsor: Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.)

H.R.9: Innovation Act

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

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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?
Darren Willcox Asst for Policy, Speaker Dennis Hastert; Admin Asst, Leg Dir, Leg Asst, Cong. Porter Goss; House Rules Comm Assoc, Subcomm Staff Dir.

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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Registration

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

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