4th Quarter - Report

MERCK & CO, INC. for MERCK & CO INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$650,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

340B (no specific bill), Hepatitis C (general education; no specific bill), adult vaccine policies (no specific bill), adolescent vaccine policies (no specific bill), antimicrobial resistance (general education and DISARM (H.R. 4187), biosimilars (no specific bill), 21st Century Cures (H.R.6), Innovation for Healthy Americans (no bill number), value of medicines (no specific bill), general pharmaceutical issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIN DARLING —
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
ELI JOSEPH —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Omnibus appropriations bill (general advocacy)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
ELI JOSEPH —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Animals ANI

Fairness to Pet Owners (S.1200), general animal health issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1200 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership, data exclusivity for biologics

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
ELI JOSEPH —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Comprehensive tax reform (no specific bill), international tax proposals (no specific bill), orphan drug legislation (S.1128), base erosion (no specific bill), territorial tax system (no specific bill), tax extenders bill

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
ELI JOSEPH —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1128 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Intellectual property (general education), patent reform (H.R. 9, the Innovation Act; S.632, the STRONG Patents Act)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELI JOSEPH —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th), S. 632 (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), Medicare Part B (general education, no specific bill)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIN DARLING —
ROBERT FILIPPONE —
ELI JOSEPH —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
ERIN POLAK —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.