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Novo Nordisk

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Ryan MacKinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLP

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  • P.L. 113-54 Drug Quality and Security Act (track and trace supply chain provisions); issues regarding biosimilars; issues regarding 340B; H.R.6 21st Century Cures Act; FDA in HR 3049 FY16 Agriculture Appropriations
  • National Diabetes Prevention Program; Better care and treatment of people with diabetes under P.L. 111-148 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (ACA) and P.L. 111-152 The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010: Issues related to diabetes generally, and specifically diabetes screening, medical education and death certificate reporting (Catalyst for Better Diabetes), AHRQ and USPSTF diabetes screening standards; diabetes issues in Healthy People 2020 and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP); H.R. 1074 and S. 539 National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act of 2013; H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) for Special Diabetes Program, CHIP, and childhood obesity; S. 84 Gestational Diabetes Act of 2015; H.R. 1190 and S. 141 Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 (IPAB repeal); H.R. 2651 Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act of 2015 (EDDPAC); cost of diabetes generally; S. 320 and H.R. Medical Innovation Act of 2015
  • Issues related to National Diabetes Prevention Program in H.R. 3020 and S.1695 FY16 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations and P.L. 113-235 FY15 Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations; Issues related to Medicare Part D, FDA, patents, and federal procurement in S.Con.Res.11 FY16 Senate Budget Resolution and H.Con.Res.27 House Budget Resolution.
  • Issues related to Medicare Part D, Special Diabetes Program, CHIP, and childhood obesity in H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA); H.R. 2102 / S.1131 Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act; H.R. 2404 and S. 1509 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act; Issues related to medical nutrition therapy services to such beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes H.R. 1686 Medical Nutrition Therapy 2015; issues related to patient diabetes education in H.R. 1726 Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015; Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM); Medicare diabetes screening generally; H.R. 1021 Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (PIMA) of 2015; H.R.2005 and S. 1083 Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2015; Physician Quality and Reporting System (PQRS)
  • H.R. 880 R&D tax credit; corporate tax inversion generally and in amendments to S.Con.Res.11 FY16 Senate Budget Resolution and S. 1588 FY16 Defense Appropriations Act
  • P.L. 114-26 Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015; EU/US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (intellectual property, regulatory harmonization)
  • H.R. 9 Innovation Act and and S. 1137 PATENT Act (patent litigation and assertion)

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General Issues: Pharmacy, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Veterans, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Spending: about $800,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), U.S. Senate,, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), House of Representatives,, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)

Related Foreign Entities: Novo Nordisk A/S (Bagsvaerd, DEN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.3049: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.1074: Passenger Fee Restructuring Exemptions Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii)

S.539: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2015

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.84: GEDI Act

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

H.R.1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

S.141: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.2651: Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act of...

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.320: Medical Innovation Act of 2015

Sponsor: Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

H.R.3020: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.1695: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

S.CON.RES.11: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.CON.RES.27: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

H.R.2102: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015

Sponsor: Susan A. Davis (D-Calif.)

S.1131: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.2404: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

S.1509: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.1686: Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2015

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.1726: Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015

Sponsor: Edward Whitfield (R-Ky.)

H.R.1021: Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.2005: Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2015

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)

S.1083: Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.880: American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

S.1588: Mental Health in Schools Act of 2015

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.9: Innovation Act

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

S.1137: PATENT Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1074: National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act

Sponsor: Pete Olson (R-Texas)

S.539: National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act

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

S.RES.242: A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "Growth Awareness Week".

Sponsor: Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.)

H.RES.313: Supporting the goals and ideals of the MAGIC Foundation.

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.8:

Sponsor: John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)

H.R.1915: GEDI Act

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

S.907: GEDI Act

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

H.R.351: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

S.351: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.CON.RES.25: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

Sponsor: Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)

H.R.2663: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of...

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.1422: A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the...

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.933: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.J.RES.59: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.962: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013

Sponsor: Susan A. Davis (D-Calif.)

S.452: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.1588: Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.740: Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.1257: Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2013

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.1274: Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2013

Sponsor: Edward Whitfield (R-Ky.)

S.945: Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2013

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

S.1184: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.2415: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

S.1871: SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.2052: Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Lee Terry (R-Neb.)

S.1023: Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)

H.R.3309: Innovation Act

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

S.1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013

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

H.R.3204: Drug Quality and Security Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.1919: Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2013

Sponsor: Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio)

S.959: Pharmaceutical Quality, Security, and Accountability Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.2633: Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

S.622: Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.3187: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.4274: BPCA and PREA Reauthorization Act of 2012

Sponsor: Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)

H.R.3026: Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim Matheson (D-Utah)

H.R.5973: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

H.R.2954: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

H.R.2960: National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act

Sponsor: Pete Olson (R-Texas)

S.1559: San Juan Islands National Conservation Area Act

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.3295: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.6482: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of...

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.6548: Diabetes Prevention Act of 2012

Sponsor: Heath Shuler (D-N.C.)

S.3463: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2012

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.2741: Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2011

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.1002: Safe Doses Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4223: SAFE DOSES Act

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

H.R.436: Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.1249: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.23: America Invents Act

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

H.R.3675: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

H.CON.RES.85: Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government...

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

S.CON.RES.13: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

H.R.4851: Continuing Extension Act of 2010

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

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

S.3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3081: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1995: Diabetes in Minority Populations Evaluation Act of 2010

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.844: Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2009

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.3090: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009

Sponsor: Donna M.C. Christensen (D-Virgin Islands)

H.R.6012: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review...

Sponsor: Zack Space (D-Ohio)

H.R.5354: GEDI Act

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2590: Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2009

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.2425: Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2009

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.3148: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of...

Sponsor: Donna M.C. Christensen (D-Virgin Islands)

H.R.759: Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.301: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.1402: Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2009

Sponsor: Zack Space (D-Ohio)

S.1473: Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2009

Sponsor: Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

H.R.390: College Football Playoff Act of 2009

Sponsor: Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)

H.R.1427: Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.726: Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1548: Pathway for Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.5629: Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act of 2010

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

S.1695: A bill to authorize the award of a Congressional gold medal to the...

Sponsor: Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.)

H.R.1956: Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.1038: Shingles Prevention Act

Sponsor: Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii)

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.1260: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.515: Patent Reform Act of 2009

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

S.610: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Matthew Berzok LD,Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak, LA Rep. Deutsch LD, Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Deutsch
Jeff MacKinnon LD and LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
Nick Kolovos LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif) LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Joe Vasapoli Min.Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE
Jeffrey MacKinnon LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
Joseph Vasapoli Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE
Nikolaos Kolovos LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Jeffery Mortier Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield
Jeff Mortier Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield Staff on Energy & Commerce Committee
Matt Berzok LD, Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Deutsch
Jeffrey Mortier Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield Staff on Energy & Commerce Committee
Thomas Ryan n/a
Tom Ryan n/a

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