4th Quarter - Report

WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC for NOVARTIS INC

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax application of ACA section 9008 to orphan drugs.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER W HATCHER —
CHERYL LYNN JAEGER —
GEORGE OLSEN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare prescription drug benefit; Rebates for Medicare Part D; Payment policies for Medicare Part B prescription drugs; the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); repeal of Part D Non-interference provision; CMMI Medicare Part B Demonstration.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN HIRSCHMANN —
CHERYL LYNN JAEGER —
KARINA LYNCH —
MELINDA M MAXFIELD —
ERIN BOOK MULLEN —
GEORGE OLSEN —
DAVID A STARR —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 34, 21st Century Cures Act; Innovation for Healthier Americans (Senate HELP Committee); Drug safety and drug counterfeiting; Drug importation; Authorized generics; Drug company patent settlements; Prescription drug advertising; Federal preemption for prescription drugs; S. 2041 and H.R. 5182; The Promoting Life Saving New Therapies for Neonates Act of 2015; Implementation of Precision Medicine Initiative; Senate Finance Committee Chronic Care Initiative; White House Cancer Moonshot; H.R. 5858 and S. 3239, RACE for Children Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GEORGE D BAKER —
SHANE DOUCET Legislative Assistant for Rep Chris John
JACK STEVEN HART —
SUSAN HIRSCHMANN —
MATTHEW B HOEKSTRA —
CHERYL LYNN JAEGER —
ANDREW JONES Legislative Counsel, Rep Hinojosa; Legislative Director and Counsel, Rep. Lugan
KARINA LYNCH —
MELINDA M MAXFIELD —
ERIN BOOK MULLEN —
GEORGE OLSEN —
JOEL OSWALD New Prof Staff, Senate Banking; LA, Senator Enzi
DAVID A STARR —
ERIC STEWART COS and Deputy Asst. Sec., Dept of Commerce
FRANK VLOSSAK LA, Rep. Merrill Cook

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5858 (114th), S. 3239 (114th), H.R. 5182 (114th), S. 2041 (114th), H.R. 34 (114th)

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.