Lobbying Relationship

Client

Cauthen Forbes & Williams on behalf of Genentech

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Lobbying firm

Forbes-Tate

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  • Intellectual Property and Process Patent Issues-Patent Reform Act (all provisions).
  • Implementation of P.L. 108-173, matters related to Medicare and Medicaid Coverage and Reimbursement [Medicare Prescription Drug Act of 2003]; issues relating to Prescription Drug User Fee Act and ASP +6; issues related to comparative effectiveness and follow-on biologics, issues related to FDA repeal of Avastin; issues related to coverage of Lucentis and Avastin; issues related to H.R. 942 - American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 (112th Congress).
  • Trade related issues.

Duration: to

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

Spending: about $160,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

Bills mentioned

H.R.942: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1908: FREE Act

Sponsor: Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.)

H.R.1908: To specify the priority of the obligations of the United States...

Sponsor: Todd Akin (R-Mo.)

H.R.942: American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

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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?
Jeff Forbes Staff Director, Senate Finance Committee Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus Deputy Asst, Special Asst, Deputy Director EOP
Libby Greer Chief of Staff, Rep. Allen Boyd

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.

Termination
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Registration

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

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