4th Quarter - Report

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$340,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues related to rare disease and orphan disease patient access in Medicaid; H.R. 3921, the HEALTHY KIDS ACT, and S. 1827, the KIDS Act, to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARNES —
MICHAEL MATTOON —
SAMANTHA VENTIMIGLIA —

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

Bills named: H.R. 3921 (115th), S. 1827 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to the Orphan Drug Tax Credit (no specific bills). Issues related to H.R. 1, The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, including the Orphan Drug Tax Credit, corporate tax rate, foreign earnings rate, and employee benefits.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARNES —
MICHAEL MATTOON —
SAMANTHA VENTIMIGLIA —

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

Bills named: H.R. 1 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to access to rare and orphan disease therapeutics under the enactment of ACA (no specific bills); Issues related to FDA regulatory pathways for pharmaceuticals (no specific bills).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARNES —
MICHAEL MATTOON —
SAMANTHA VENTIMIGLIA —

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