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Merck & Co., Inc

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Tiber Creek Group

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  • Issues related to implementation of drug pricing and reimbursement of prescription drugs provision in The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (PL 117-169); Issues relating to Medicare Part D and Part B Pricing Reform; S. 1264 - Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act.
  • Issues relating to Intellectual Property protections.

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Pharmacy

Spending: about $1,900,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office

Bills mentioned

S.469: Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.1245: Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act

Sponsor: Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.)

S.934: FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1409: Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017

Sponsor: Leonard Lance (R-N.J.)

S.1348: Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive...

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.1827: KIDS Act of 2017

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.3921: HEALTHY KIDS Act

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.CON.RES.3: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.3548: CARES Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4100: DISARM Act of 2019

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

S.1712: DISARM Act of 2019

Sponsor: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.1435: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.2873: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act...

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

H.R.5260: Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act

Sponsor: Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Angie Craig (D-Minn.)

S.3700: Affordable Insulin Now Act

Sponsor: Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)

S.2199: Cyber Sense Act of 2020

Sponsor: Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)

S.4348: FDASLA Act of 2022

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.7667: Food and Drug Amendments of 2022

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.7559: Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2022

Sponsor: Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.)

H.R.3932: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Sponsor: Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio)

S.2076: Servicemember Enrollment and Readmission for Valuable Education Act

Sponsor: Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)

S.1264: SMART Prices Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Jonathon Jones Legislative Director, Senator Carper Chief of Staff, Senator Carper
Justin McCarthy Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Thomas Ewing Legislative Assistant, Rep. Thomas Ewing Assist. USTR, Intergovernmental and Pub. Affairs Assistant USTR, Congressional Affairs Special Assistant to the President, Leg. Affairs
Andrew McKechnie Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Finance Committee Legislative Assistant, Senator Norm Coleman Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Ramstad Bipartisan Medical Technology Caucus
Corey Malmgren Sen. Bill Nelson, Deputy Legislative Director & Health Counsel (2015-2018); Rep. Sandy Levin, Legislative Counsel (2013-2015), Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant (2008-2009); House Committee on Ways and Means, Legal Clerk/Intern (2010)
John Michael Gonzalez n/a

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Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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