Law firm Foley Hoag has hired Lindsey Toohey to work in its government strategies group and represent clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries.

Toohey is a former senior health policy adviser to Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. She dealt with Medicare, Medicaid, Food and Drug Administration regulations, and other issues for the Senate Budget Committee chairman.

A Boston, Mass.-based firm, Foley Hoag's Washington office includes Barrett Thornhill, a former aide to Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho and director of federal government relations for the Biotechnology Industry Organization; and Susie Ahn, who also worked in federal government relations for BIO.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Foley Hoag has lobbied for BIO and pharmaceutical companies such as AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Eli Lilly.