Year-End Report — GENZYME CORPORATION for GENZYME CORPORATION (2007)

Firm

GENZYME CORPORATION

Client

GENZYME CORPORATION

Income

—

Expenses

$1,440,000

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

a) H.R. 3043, Labor HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Medicare and health care provisions) b) S.1710 Labor HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Medicare and Health care provisions) c) Medicare prescription drug benefit, including reimbursement for orphan drugs d) H.R. 1321 "Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007", reimbursement for lab tests; S.2404 "The Medicare

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARA FROELICH	N/A
KATHLEEN HOLCOMBE	N/A
MARY MCGRANE	N/A

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1321 (110th), S. 1710 (110th), S. 2404 (110th), H.R. 3043 (110th)

Pharmacy PHA

a) Issues related to Drug Safety, Generic Biologics & Drug Approvals, FDA User Fees. b) S.1082, "Food & Drug Administration Revitalization Act of 2007" c) H.R. 2900, Food & Drug Administrtion Amendments Act of 2007" d) H.R. 380, "Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety act of 2007" - Importation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARA FROELICH	N/A
KATHLEEN HOLCOMBE	N/A
MARY MCGRANE	N/A

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2900 (110th), H.R. 380 (110th), S. 1082 (110th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

a) H.R. 3453, Community Clinical Laboratory Fairness in Competition Act of 2007 b) Reimbursement for clinical lab services under Medicare c) H.R. 1321 "Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act"; S.2404 "The Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostic Act of 2007"

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARA FROELICH	N/A
KATHLEEN HOLCOMBE	N/A
MARY MCGRANE	N/A

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2404 (110th), H.R. 3453 (110th), H.R. 1321 (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.