Lobbying Relationship

Client

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

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Lobbying firm

Thorsen French Advocacy LLC

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  • Issues related to access to pharmaceuticals.
  • Patent Issues. Patent Reform. S. 1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act. H.R. 9: Innovation Act.

Duration: to

General Issues: Pharmacy, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $400,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2012: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

S.1720: Harriet Tubman Currency Tribute Act of 2015

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

H.R.9: Innovation Act

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

S.214: Shareholder Protection Act of 2015

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

S.214: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013

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

H.R.4679: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2014

Sponsor: Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

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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?
James French Counsel, House Judiciary Committee
Carlyle Thorsen General Counsel & AA, Rep. Tom DeLay Deputy Asst. Attorney General, Dept. of Justice Counsel, House Judiciary Committee Legislative Counsel, Rep. McCollum & LoBiondo General Counsel & AA, Rep. Tom DeLay; Deputy Asst. Attorney General, Dept. of Justice; Counsel, House Judiciary Committee; Legislative Counsel, Rep. McCollum and LoBiondo

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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