2nd Quarter - Report

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$560,000
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
SCOTT BARNES —
MICHAEL MATTOON —
SAMANTHA VENTIMIGLIA —

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues related to rare disease and orphan disease patient access in Medicaid.

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

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

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. 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017, issues related to the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017, provisions related to extending user-free programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilar biological products.

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 2430 (115th), H.R. 1628 (115th)

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.