Lobbying Relationship

Client

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

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Lobbying firm

Avenue Solutions

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  • Issues related to payment policies for non-opioid pain medication; Issues related to Medicaid access for people living with Sickle Cell Disease; Senate Finance Committees Better Mental Health Care, Lower Cost Drugs and Extenders Act (Discussion Draft); S. 2973, The Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act; H.R. 5378, The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; Issues related to Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
  • Expiring healthcare extenders; S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; Issues related to 340b; H.R. 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42); H.R. 2882, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-47)
  • Issues related to biosecurity

Duration: to

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Homeland Security

Spending: about $200,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2023: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.2973: Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: John Carter (R-Texas)

H.R.2882: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.)

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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?
Elizabeth Barnett Legislative Assistant - Sen. Blanche Lincoln
Tracy Spicer n/a
Jordan LaCrosse 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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