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BGR Worldwide represents Altimmune, the clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is working on a COVID-19 vaccine and a treatment for liver disease triggered by the obesity epidemic.
The publicly traded Gaithersburg, MD-based company last month reported positive results for its single-dose intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate that has been under study in collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
CEO Vipin Garg announced Sept. 1 that human trials would begin during the fourth-quarter for its treatment for NASH (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease), which is on the rise due to the increase in obesity. Currently, there, there is no treatment for NASH.
BGR founding partner Ed Rogers, a veteran of the Reagan and Bush I White House, leads the Altimmune effort.
Brent Del Monte, co-lead of BGR's science & life sciences group; John Stone, co-lead of the FDA & public health group, and Remy Brim, senior health advisor to Democratic Senators Patty Murray and Elizabeth Warren, round out BGR's Altimmune team.
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company banned by Defense Secretary Hegseth, has hired Ballard Partners for DC representation.
The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development enrolls Venable for government relations services.
Coinbase has hired Checkmate Government Relations, which has close ties to the Trump administration, to handle matters related to digital assets as the Senate works on the Clarity Act.
Peter Thiel-backed Palantir Technologies has added Democratic firm Ferox Strategies to its DC lobbying line-up to handle data analytics and technology issues.
Former congressmen Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Jeff Denham (R-CA) have signed on to handle the “new” TikTok on issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled platforms.
