Lobbying Relationship

Client

PhRMA

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Lobbying firm

NVG, LLC

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  • Intellectual property and patent eligibility, generally, and specifically, with respect to interaction between intellectual property and competition policy.
  • Issues related to phrmaceutical supply chain transparency and integrity.

Duration: to

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Health Issues, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Immigration

Spending: about $3,370,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

Bills mentioned

S.1390: STRONGER Patents Act of 2017

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

S.974: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2018

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

S.637: Creating Transparency to Have Drug Rebates Unlocked (C-THRU) Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.9: Innovation Act

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

S.866: Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013

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

S.1013: Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.2639: Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

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.)

S.214: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3668: To amend the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 to make...

Sponsor: Dan Kildee (D-Mich.)

S.1886: Coverage Protection Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.3668: Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012

Sponsor: Pat Meehan (R-Pa.)

S.1886: Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011

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

S.27: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

S.1882: FAIR Generics Act

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

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

H.R.3261: Stop Online Piracy Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.23: America Invents Act

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

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

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

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.369: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.1706: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.1145: Patent Reform Act of 2007

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

H.R.1908: Patent Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

H.R.2851: SITSA Act

Sponsor: John Katko (R-N.Y.)

S.124: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.1499: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.64: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.965: CREATES Act of 2019

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

S.340: CREATES Act of 2019

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

H.R.2375: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

S.1224: Stop STALLING Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2374: Stop STALLING Act

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

S.1227: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.2376: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.1416: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.3991: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent...

Sponsor: Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

H.R.4398: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act...

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

H.R.5133: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act...

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

S.4760: The PASTEUR Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.2873: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act...

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.4417: Patent Trial and Appeal Board Reform Act of 2022

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

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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?
Lisa Foster Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Jack Reed
Joshua Hurvitz Legislative Director, Rep. Anthony Weiner Legislative Director, Rep. Anthony Weiner LD, Sr. LA & LA, Rep. Anthony Weiner
Andrea LaRue n/a
Irene Bueno n/a
Jane Loewenson n/a
Josh Hurvitz n/a

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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