• The Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) Drug Quality and Security Act Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs Act S#1128 HR#2315

Duration: October 1, 2011 to December 31, 2014

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $620,000 (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 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), House of Representatives, Senate