1st Quarter - Report

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for MERCK & CO. INC.

Period 1st Quarter 2026 Filed Apr 20, 2026 Signed by Greg D'Angelo

Official filing
Firm
THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
Client
MERCK & CO. INC.
Income
$70,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to pharmacy benefit management reforms. Issues related to vaccine policy. Issues related to supply chain and domestic manufacturing capacity.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT BAKER —
GREG D'ANGELO —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues related to drug pricing and implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act. H.R. 1492, the Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures Act. Issues related to pharmacy benefit management reforms. Issues related to Most Favored Nation drug pricing.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT BAKER —
GREG D'ANGELO —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1492 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Monitored implementation of H.R. 1 (P.L. 119-21), One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as it relates to corporate taxes.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREG D'ANGELO —
RACHEL JONES HENSLER —

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (119th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to tariffs.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREG D'ANGELO —
RACHEL JONES HENSLER —

Contacted: White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

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.