3rd Quarter - Report

MERCK & CO, INC. for MERCK & CO INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,390,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership, data exclusivity for biologics

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Comprehensive tax reform (no specific bill), House Republican tax blueprint, international tax proposals (no specific bill), orphan drug legislation (HR 3678)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3678 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent settlements/pay for delay (general education)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

340B (no specific bill), Hepatitis C (general education; no specific bill), Human papilloma virus and vaccine policies (general education), shingles vaccine policies (general education), antimicrobial resistance (general education and DISARM (H.R. 4187), biosimilars (no specific bill), 21st Century Cures (H.R.6), Senate Innovation Project (no bill number), cost and value of medicines (no specific bill), priority review voucher, biodefense and medical countermeasures (general education), women's health (general education), Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA; general education), Affordable Care Act, S. 3056 (CREATES Act), risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (general education), general pharmaceutical issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES CAREY —
ERIN DARLING —
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 3056 (114th), H.R. 6 (114th), H.R. 4187 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Part D (general education, no specific bill), changes to low-income subsidy structure in Medicare Part D (general education, no specific bill), H.R. 5122 (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Part B demo), Independent Payment Advisory Board (general education, no specific bill), Medicare Part B (general education); Medicaid (no specific bill)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIN DARLING —
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5122 (114th)

Animals ANI

Animal health vaccines, FMD vaccine bank, USDA rule for categorical exclusions for animal health vaccines, FDA guidance 209-213, FDA rule regarding species-specific antibiotics data collection, Animal Drug User Fee Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: 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.