4th Quarter - Report

BIOGEN for BIOGEN

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$335,000
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.

Health Issues HCR

1) Advocacy to reform IPAB to ensure patient access to medically necessary therapies. 2) Implementation of biosimilars regulations to support incentives for innovation and second generation therapies.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ADAM GLUCK Staff, Senate HELP Committe
KATHLEEN TREGONING Staff, House Ways and Means Committee

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Support corporate tax policies which protect US research and manufacturing jobs, including issues related to transfer pricing and R&D credit.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ADAM GLUCK Staff, Senate HELP Committee
KATHLEEN TREGONING Staff, House Ways and Means Committee

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ADAM GLUCK Staff, Senate HELP Committee
KATHLEEN TREGONING Staff, House Ways and Means Committee

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent Reform -- S. 515 and HR 1260 -- Support for modernizing the patent system while ensuring the ongoing strength and value of intellectual property for biotechnology, with a specific focus on damages provisions, inequitable conduct, and post-grant/second window. Opposition to inclusion of patent settlements legislation in appropriations bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ADAM GLUCK Staff, Senate HELP Committee
KATHLEEN TREGONING Staff, House Ways and Means Committee

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1260 (111th), S. 515 (111th)

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.