4th Quarter - Report

MERCK & CO, INC. for MERCK & CO INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$900,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Animals ANI

Issues related to Animal Drug User fee Act Reauthorization with conditional approval, Animal health

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
BRADLEY ALLEN ROSSIN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
BRADLEY ALLEN ROSSIN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Health Issues HCR

340B reforms (no specific bill); Hepatitis C (general education, no specific bill); Vaccine policies (general education, first dollar coverage); antimicrobial resistance (general education); biosimilars (no specific bill); cost and value of medicines (no specific bill); women's health (general education); Affordable Care Act; general pharmaceutical issues (transparency, formulary design, prescription drug coverage); 21st Century Cures Act; Direct to Consumer advertising; Drug pricing

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Part D (general education, no specific bill); Medicare Part B (general education, reimbursement); Medicaid (no specific bill); Antibiotics/stewardship; Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) demonstration; Drug pricing

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.