WASHINGTON AP – Bayer HealthCare, a subsidiary of German drug maker Bayer AG, paid Sidley Austin LLP $200,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a recent disclosure form.

The firm lobbied Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Medicare reimbursement issues and other matters, according to form posted online Aug. 13 by the Senate’s public records office.