3rd Quarter - Report — F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD, AND ITS AFFIL… for F HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD AND ITS AFFILIA… (2008)

Firm

F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD, AND ITS AFFILIATES

Client

F HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD AND ITS AFFILIATES

Income

—

Expenses

$1,568,888

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Housing HOU

Issues related to Federal position on mold testing.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS BARNETT	Director, Diagnostics

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Issues HCR

Pandemic preparedness and Accutane safety. Pandemic Flu funding; Federal government's purchase of stockpiling of Tamiflu; H.R. 1283/S. 626, The Arthritis Prevention, Control and Cure Act of 2008; Tamiflu sales to US government.; S.3230 and HR3043, Homeland Security Approps. - S3181 and HR 6947; general health care issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DARIN GARDNER	Director of Federal Government Affairs
EVAN MORRIS	Vice President of Federal Government Affairs
JAMES SCOTT	Director of Federal Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1283 (110th), S. 3230 (110th), H.R. 3043 (110th), H.R. 6947 (110th), S. 626 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Reimbursement and other issues related to anemia and arthritis drugs. Planning treatment protocols for patients requiring cancer drugs; Medicare coding policies for Part B drugs; H.R. 6331/S.3101, Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act, as it pertains to the physicians quality reporting initiative; S. 3118, Preserving Access to Medicare Access to Medicare Act, as it pertains to the physicians quality reporting initiative; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; Issues related to Medicare coverage policy for blood glucose monitors and test strips. Issues related to dynamic scoring.; HR6331 - Medicare improvements for patients and partners Act of 2008 related to competitive building of diabetes equipment.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS BARNETT	Director, Diagnostics
KATHLEEN A CLAESSENS	Director, Diagnostics
DARIN GARDNER	Director of Federal Government Affairs
BRUCE THOMAS TAYLOR New	Director, Diagnostics

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 6331 (110th), S. 2499 (110th), S. 3118 (110th), S. 3101 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to government purchases of pandemic drugs - Tamiflu. H.R. 2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, as it pertains to pandemic flu preparedness; S.3230 FY09 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriation related to pereparedness for pandemic influenza, HIV/AIDS programs and HCV screening, care and treatment. S.3181 FY09 Homeland Security Appropriations and H.R. 2638 -continuing resolution related to preparedness for pandemic influenza.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DARIN GARDNER	Director of Federal Government Affairs
JAMES SCOTT	Director of Federal Government Affairs

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 2638 (110th), S. 3230 (110th), S. 3181 (110th), H.R. 2642 (110th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.