Lobbying Relationship

Client

Campaign for Sustainable Drug Pricing

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Lobbying firm

McDermott+Consulting LLC

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  • Prescription drug pricing issues. Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act - Public Law No 117-69. H.R. 485 - the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act.
  • Prescription drug pricing issues. Pricing of Covid 19 vaccines. H.R. 485 - the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act. S. 775 - Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act. S. 1214 - Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity Act. S. 1067 - Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act. S. 935 - Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2023.
  • Patent abuse issues. S. 150 - Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023. S. 79 - Interagency Patent Coordination Act. Initiatives To Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patents Rights (PTO-P-2022-0025). Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives.

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

Spending: about $580,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office

Bills mentioned

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.1416: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.1224: Stop STALLING Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2374: Stop STALLING Act

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

S.440: PACED Act

Sponsor: Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)

S.340: CREATES Act of 2019

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

H.R.965: CREATES Act of 2019

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

S.1391: Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2019

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.2296: More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

H.R.1520: Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021

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

H.R.1503: Orange Book Transparency Act of 2020

Sponsor: Robin Kelly (D-Ill.)

S.659: Biologic Patent Transparency Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.551: REFUND Act of 2019

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

S.1209: REMEDY Act

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.2113: Prescription Drug STAR Act

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

S.617: Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.985: FAST Generics Act of 2019

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

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

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

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

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

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

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

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

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

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.1391: STANDUP Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Angie Craig (D-Minn.)

S.4430: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2022

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.485: Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.775: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act

Sponsor: Margaret Hassan (D-N.H.)

S.1214: RARE Act

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.1067: Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023

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

S.935: Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2023

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.79: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

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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?
Rodney Whitlock 2011-2015: Health Policy Director, Sen. Chuck Grassley; 2005-2010: Health Policy Advisor, Senate Finance Committee; 2003-2005: Legislative Director, Rep. Charlie Norwood; 1997-2002: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Charlie Norwood

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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