3rd Quarter - Report — MERCK & CO, INC. for MERCK & CO INC (2018)

Firm

MERCK & CO, INC.

Client

MERCK & CO INC

Income

—

Expenses

$1,760,000

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.

Animals ANI

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

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

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY	—
BRADLEY ALLEN ROSSIN	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Intellectual Property (general education, no specific bill); NAFTA

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

340B (no specific bill); Hepatitis C (general education, no specific bill); Vaccine policies (general education, first dollar coverage, preventative services); antimicrobial resistance (general education); biosimilars (no specific bill); importation; 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; DTC; Drug pricing

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ERIN DARLING	—
ROBERT FILIPPONE	—
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY	—
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY	—
BRADLEY ALLEN ROSSIN	—
ELIZABETH SCHWARTZ	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Part D (general education, no specific bill); LIS Co-Pays (general education, no specific bill); Independent Payment Advisory Board (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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ERIN DARLING	—
ROBERT FILIPPONE	—
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY	—
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY	—
BRADLEY ALLEN ROSSIN	—
ELIZABETH SCHWARTZ	—

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY2017/FY2018, Department of Labor, Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies Appropriations; FY2017/FY2018, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); 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.