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.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to the Orphan Drug Tax Credit (no specific bills).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL MATTOON —
SAMANTHA VENTIMIGLIA —

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues related to rare disease and orphan disease patient access in Medicaid; H.R. 5122, "To prohibit further action on the proposed rule regarding testing of Medicare part B prescription drug models."

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. 5122 (114th)

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); H.R. 6 The 21st Century Care Act (all provisions); Issues related to the Senate "Innovation for Healthier Americans" Report (no specific bills);S. 2030 Advancing Targeted Therapies for Rare Disease Act of 2015; S.2713 Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 2016.

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. 6 (114th), S. 2713 (114th), S. 2030 (114th)

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.