The Big Spenders: Tracking The Lobbying Dollars
9 CommentsBy Ed Silverman // February 26th, 2008 // 10:19 am
This chart shows which drugmaker spent how much on lobbying Congress and federal agencies last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. However, please note that, on March 16, we UPDATED this chart because the original figures cited, unfortunately, included incomplete data. One drugmaker correctly noted that half-year and year-end figures were displayed, but without any distinctions. We asked CRP for clarification, and the chart you now see contains the most up-to-date info CRP has culled from lobbying reports as of mid-March. However, additional data is still expected to trickle in over the next few weeks to complete the 2007 spending picture. So click on the CRP link above to see what, if anything, may have changed since mid-March.
| Drugmaker | Spending on 2007 Lobbying | affiliates |
|---|---|---|
| Allergan | $397,000 | |
| Amgen | $16.3 million | |
| AstraZeneca | $4.08 million | plus $280,000 from an affiliate; |
| Abbott Labs | $4.36 million | plus $280,000 from an affiliate |
| Barr Labs | $660,000 | |
| Baxter Healthcare | $2.16 million | |
| Bayer | $4.28 million | |
| Biogen Idec | $1.24 million | |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | $4.13 million | |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | $5.3 million | plus $340,000 from an affiliate |
| Cephalon | $531,000 | |
| Eli Lilly | $1.96 million | |
| Forest Labs | $370,000 | |
| Genentech | $1.88 million | |
| Genzyme | $2.72 million | |
| Gilead Sciences | $380,000 | |
| GlaxoSmithKline | $8.24 million | |
| Hoffman-La Roche | $7.17 million | |
| Johnson & Johnson | $7.7 million | plus $320,000 from an affiliate |
| Merck | $$.83 million | |
| Merck Serono | $1.02 million | |
| Millenium Pharmaceuticals | $1.28 million | |
| Mylan Labs | $660,000 | |
| NitroMed | $220,000 | |
| Novartis | $6.16 million | plus $465,000 from affiliates |
| Novo Nordisk | $300,000 | |
| Pfizer | $13.8 million | |
| Purdue Pharma | $100,000 | |
| Ranbaxy | $120,000 | |
| Sanofi-Aventis | $7.12 million | |
| Sanofi-Pasteur | $650,000 | |
| Schering-Plough | $2.16 million | |
| Sepracor | $1.21 million | |
| Shire | $250,000 | |
| Solvay | $160,000 | |
| TAP Pharmaceutical | $810,000 | |
| Teva | $2.26 million | |
| ViroPharma | $240,000 | |
| Wyeth | $1.82 million |
The Big Spenders: Tracking The Lobbying Dollars
[...] Jeff Gannon - A Voice of the New Media wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt This chart shows which drugmaker spent how much on lobbying Congress and federal agencies last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. One point worth noting is that the Roche Group - when including Hoffman-La Roche, Genentech and the various law firms retained to knock on doors and schmooze over meals - ranked as the 5th largest lobbying entity with $11.35 million spent. Drugmaker Spending on 2007 Lobbying affiliates Amgen $9.08 million AstraZeneca $4.08 million plus $2 [...]
Allan
Are these totals independent of what PhRMA spent last year?
Alexander
These are huge numbers.
Anyone know how the BigPharma annual total compares with the tobacco industry?
Many universities have banned tobacco industry sponsorship, but still happily grab money from BigPharma.
Bob Freeman
Allan, not sure of the answer to your question because PhRMA often assesses supplemental charges to its members for unplanned (not budgeted) lobbying activities during the year. This amount is beyond what share of the annual dues go to lobbying. In other words, some of the spending may pass through PhRMA.
The total spend is, frankly, obscene and does NOT include lobbying at the states’ level, which, I imagine, is near the total of federal lobbying.
Ed Silverman
Hi Allan,
Sorry for the delay. Yes, this is separate. PhRMA got its own ranking, which you can see if you click on the link that goes to CPR.
Hope that helps,
ed
Bob Freeman
Thanks, Ed.
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Watermon
Great post. Thanks for the information. I wonder how many of these are also lobbying in regards to potential OSHA combustible dust standards in the industry? Hopefully many of these outfits are already NEC Class II in the manufacturing process
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