MERCK & CO INC

• MERCK & CO, INC. $19,850,000 In-house, the client's own filings · 7 filings
• THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC $410,000 Outside firm · 8 filings
• AVENUE SOLUTIONS $350,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• TIBER CREEK GROUP $350,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• W STRATEGIES, LLC $350,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC $350,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• TODD STRATEGY GROUP $330,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC $280,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC $200,000 Outside firm · 5 filings
• THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP $10,000 Outside firm · 2 filings
• BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $0 Outside firm · 2 filings
• CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC $0 Outside firm · 1 filing

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

• H.R. 1
  One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  20 filings
• H.R. 1492
  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to equalize the negotiation period between small-molecule and bi…
  11 filings
• H.R. 4299
  Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act
  8 filings
• S. 891
  Bipartisan Health Care Act
  8 filings
• S. 2076
  PASTEUR Act of 2021
  7 filings
• S. 1339
  Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act
  6 filings
• S. 864
  HELP Copays Act
  6 filings
• H.R. 946
  ORPHAN Cures Act
  5 filings
• H.R. 1968
  Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
  4 filings
• S. 1862
  ORPHAN Cures Act
  4 filings
• H.R. 1503
  Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2023
  2 filings
• S. 2916
  Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2023
  2 filings
• H. Con. Res. 14
  Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth…
  2 filings
• H.R. 1244
  Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act
  2 filings
• H.R. 3838
  Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fisc…
  2 filings
• H.R. 8800
  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
  2 filings
• H.R. 8857
  Next GEN Act of 2026
  2 filings
• S. 1040
  Drug Competition Enhancement Act
  2 filings
• S. 2296
  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
  2 filings
• S. 4784
  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
  2 filings
• H.R. 8467
  Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024
  1 filing
• H.R. 10628
  Biosimilars Access and Affordability Act
  1 filing
• H.R. 1672
  Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act
  1 filing
• H.R. 2484
  Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2025
  1 filing
• H.R. 5376
  Impacts and Outcomes for Health Career Training Act
  1 filing
• S. 1163
  Rural Veterinary Workforce Act
  1 filing
• S. 5571
  Biosimilars Access and Affordability Act
  1 filing

• 2026 $9,900,000 26 filings
• 2025 $12,580,000 41 filings

• Medicare/Medicaid 57
• Health Issues 49
• Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 35
• Trade (domestic/foreign) 26
• Animals 7
• Copyright/Patent/Trademark 7
• Pharmacy 5
• Budget/Appropriations 4
• Defense 1

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 60
• SENATE 53
• Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 11
• Executive Office of the President (EOP) 11
• Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 7
• Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) 7
• Office of Management & Budget (OMB) 7
• White House Office 7
• Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) 5
• U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 3
• Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 2
• Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) 1
• Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 1