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Sen. Thom Tillis adviser heads to Gilead

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 9, 2022

One of Sen. Thom Tillis's (R-N.C.) first Hill hires has left for Gilead Sciences.

Bill Bode joined the biopharmaceutical giant this month as director of government affairs. Gilead pumped nearly $8.2 million into its federal lobbying program last year. That makes it the country's eighth largest pharmaceutical lobbying group, according to OpenSecrets.

Bode started in Tillis's office as a legislative correspondent shortly after the senator took office in 2015 and worked his way up to become a senior policy adviser. He is concurrently working and pursuing a law degree at American University's Washington College of Law.