Saturday, November 9, 2024

Detailing The Three Remaining "Big Spenders" -- On Lobbyists, In Q3 2024... [Part 1 of 3]


Since it was the largest in Q3, 2024 -- let's start off with Amgen. . . it is the most "biotech-ey" of the big spenders this quarter. And as we said in the last post, I do expect to see much higher spend levels, out of Pfizer -- in the new year, when the new Congress is seated.

But for now, that company is in the "small guys'" pack. Amgen, though -- for the past four years at least, has been near the top -- outspending, compared to its proportionate asset sizes / market value. This is true again, at nearly 25% more than Merck.

. . .Issues related to drug pricing reform; Changes to Public law 117-1769 Inflation Reduction Act; Awareness of implications to patients and research and development of Public law 117-1769 Inflation Reduction Act; S. 113 Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023; S.127 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; H.R. 830/ S 1375 HELP Copays Act; H.R. 485 Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act; H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; H.R. 2534 PROTECT 340B Act of 2023; H.R. 3561 the PATIENT Act; S. 1542 DRUG Act; S. 1967 PBM Act; H.R. 3503 The NIH Clinical Trials Diversity Act; Issues related to cardiovascular disease awareness and treatment; Issues related to Federal Trade Commission; FDA issues; Issues related to patient affordability issues, including copay cards, copay accumulators, copay maximizers, National Benefit Payment Parameters; Biosimilars reimbursement issues, no specific bill; Supply Chain Issues, no specific bill; Issues related to 340B; Issues related to pharmacy benefit managers; Proposed rule: Medicaid Program; Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program; H.R. 4818/ S. 2407 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act; S. 2305 Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act; S. 2129 Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act; Issues related to PAHPA reauthorization; Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act (Finance Committee); S. 652/ HR2630 SAFE Step Act; S. 2474/ HR 5376 Share the Savings with Seniors Act; S. 2456 Protecting Seniors from High Drug Costs Act; H.R. 4881 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit cost sharing for drugs under the Medicare program; H.R. 3281 Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; H.R. 4822 Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023; S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; H.R. 2679 Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act; H.R. 4507 Transparency in Coverage Act of 2023; H.R. 1352 Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2023; H.R. 2880 Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 97-414 "Orphan Drug Act," all provisions; H.R. 5539 Orphan Cures Act; H.R. 5547 Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act; S 3558 BIOSECURE Act; HR 7174 Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC Act); S Res 566 Cholesterol Education Month 2024; HR 7635 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024; H.R. 5391 / S. 2764 The Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act; H.R.8574 - 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act; H.R. 5376 Share the Savings With Seniors Act; S 3430 Mental Health, Lower Cost Drugs and Extenders Package; BIOCOMPETE (no bill number)- Issues related to prohibiting the export of biotechnology to certain foreign entities; HR 8412 Clinical Trial Modernization Act. . . .

Issues related to drug pricing reform; Changes to Public law 117-1769 Inflation Reduction Act; Awareness of implications to patients and research and development of Public law 117-1769 Inflation Reduction Act; S. 113 Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023; S. 127 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; H.R. 485 Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act; H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; H.R. 2534 PROTECT 340B act of 2023; H.R. 3561 the PATIENT act; Issues related to cardiovascular disease awareness and treatment; Issues related to ESRD; Issues related to asthma and self-administered drug list; Issues related to reimbursement for biologics/biosimilars; Proposed rule: Medicaid Program; Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program; H.R. 4818/ S2407 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act; S. 2129 Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act; Issues related to PAHPA reauthorization; Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act (Finance Committee); S. 1542/HR 6283 DRUG Act; S. 652 SAFE Step Act; H.R. 3281 Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; H.R. 4822 Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023; S. 1339 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; H.R. 2679 Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act; H.R. 4507 Transparency in Coverage Act of 2023; S. 2474/HR 5376 Share the Savings with Seniors Act; S. 2456 Protecting Seniors from High Drug Costs Act; H.R. 4881 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit cost sharing for drugs under the Medicare program; H.R. 1352 Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2023; H.R. 2880 Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; H.R. 5547 Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act; H.R. 7174 Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC Act); H.R. 7635 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024; H.R. 5391 / S. 2764 The Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act; H.R. 8574 - 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act; H.R. 5376 Share the Savings With Seniors Act; S. 3430 Mental Health, Lower Cost Drugs and Extenders Package; HR 5539 Orphan Cures Act. . . .

Issues related to corporate and international tax, including regarding Public Law 115-97, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; Issues related to Puerto Rico; Issues related to OECD negotiations on the taxation of global income; HR 3938 Build it in America Act. . . .

S. 79/HR 1717 Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023; S. 113 Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023; S. 1250 Drug-price Transparency for Consumers Act; S. 127 Pharmacy Benefit Transparency Act; S. 150 Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023; S. 148 Stop STALLING Act; S. 142 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars; Federal Trade Commission related issues, no specific bill; Issues related to the Patent Act, no specific bill; Issues related to March-In/Bayh Dole, WTO/TRIPS waiver, no specific bill; Issues related to patent thickets/product hopping; Issues related to obviousness/double patenting; S. 2140 Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023; S. 2220/HR 4370 Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act; S. 1128: A bill to establish special rules relating to information provided with respect to drug applications concerning method of use patents; H.R. 3858/S.1834: A bill to prohibit the President from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights without explicit authorization from Congress; H.R. 3535 Advancing Americas Interests Act; H.R. 5475 Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023; S. 3385/HR 8333 -- BIOSECURE Act; BIOCOMPETE (no bill number)- Issues related to prohibiting the export of biotechnology to certain foreign entities; Issues related to FDA/PTO coordination; S. 2780 Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act; Issues related to skinny labeling; S. 3583/HR 6986 To Address Patent Thickets; S. 1956 Invent It Here, Make It Here Act. . . .


Now you know. . . Let's go Buffs! Grin. . . .

नमस्ते

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