• Issues related to Orphan drug designation; 21st Century Cures Initiative; Issues related to drug discovery and development; International Plasma Protein Awareness Week.
• H.R. 4800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, issues related to plasma protein therapies.

Duration: May 1, 2014 to October 31, 2014

General Issues: Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $70,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2014: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Related Foreign Entities: Grifols S.A. (Barcelona, ESP); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%