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AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Lobbying for CHATTEM, INC. DBA OPELLA · Manufacturer of consumer healthcare products.

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2026

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 20, 2026

Income

$70,000.00

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

New Jersey

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

DAVID SCHWIETERT New on this filing

Previously held: Sen. Comm. On Commerce, Science, & Transport., Staff Dir (13-15); Sen. Thune, Leg. Dir (07-12); Sen. Comm. On Environ. & Public Works, Waste Management SubComm., Staff Dir (05-06).

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Government bodies contacted 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 2

HR 8646
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027
HR 8495
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027

Lobbying activity 1

Health Issues

Issues related to implementation of the OTC Drug Monograph User Fee Program reauthorization and non-prescription drug status; Issues related to consumer health care products supply chain; Issues related to FY27 appropriations report language, including H.R. 8646 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027 and H.R. 8495 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.