• S 1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007, provisions relating to inequitable conduct, venue reform, continuations, damages, and post-grant review.
• Issues related to proposals for an organization to examine the comparative effectiveness of biopharmaceutical products.
• S. 3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, issues and provisions relating to Doc Fix. H. R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, issues and provisions concerning excess rebates for Medicaid patients eligible under both Medicaid and Medicare; and issues concerning a Medicaid rebate exemption for therapies administered in Hospital Out Patient departments.

Duration: April 1, 2008 to July 22, 2008

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $50,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate