Lobbying Filing Details

Total Spending

$1,600,000

Activities

4

Lobbyists

5

Gov't Entities

12

Filing Information
Filing UUID:
82795878-d600-4129-ad81-67221d7675fa
Type:
Q1 - 1st Quarter - Report
Period:
2025 - 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
Date Posted:
April 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Income:
$0
Expenses:
$1,600,000
Expense Method:
A
Document URL:
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Quick Info
  • Document Type: text/html
  • Posted By: Samantha Ventimiglia
Registrant
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Global biotechnology company

Boston, Massachusetts
Client
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Massachusetts, United States of America
Lobbying Activities (4)
Activity 1
Budget/Appropriations

Education about non-opioid pain therapies and patient access to non-opioid medicines, education on alternative funding programs, education on the Million Veteran Program at the VA.

Lobbyists (5)
  • MATTHEW O SCHUMAKER
  • SWARNA VALLURUPALLI
  • ERIN MENDELSOHN
  • MS. HANNAH BETH CORNWELL
  • MS. KRISTIN "SEUM" RICHTER
Government Entities (2)
  • SENATE
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Activity 2
Health Issues

Federal policies impacting pharmaceutical development, approval, and reimbursement; Copay accumulators and maximizers, HELP Copays Act (S.864); Alternative Funding Programs; Unmet medical need in acute pain; Barriers to patient access of non-opioid pain medicines; General education about kidney disease, including APOL-1; Cystic Fibrosis; Sickle cell disease; Innovations in Type 1 diabetes treatments.

Lobbyists (5)
  • MATTHEW O SCHUMAKER
  • SWARNA VALLURUPALLI
  • ERIN MENDELSOHN
  • MS. HANNAH BETH CORNWELL
  • MS. KRISTIN "SEUM" RICHTER
Government Entities (2)
  • SENATE
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Activity 3
Medicare/Medicaid

Unmet medical need in acute pain; H.R.1227/S.475 - The Alternatives to PAIN Act; Implementation of Public Law No: 117-328 sec. 4135 NO PAIN Act; Medically necessary fertility treatments for patients undergoing fully myeloablative conditioning; CMMI demo focusing on sickle cell disease.

Lobbyists (5)
  • MATTHEW O SCHUMAKER
  • SWARNA VALLURUPALLI
  • ERIN MENDELSOHN
  • MS. HANNAH BETH CORNWELL
  • MS. KRISTIN "SEUM" RICHTER
Government Entities (6)
  • SENATE
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
  • White House Office
  • Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
  • ... and 1 more
Activity 4
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to corporate tax reform.

Lobbyists (1)
  • SWARNA VALLURUPALLI
Government Entities (2)
  • SENATE
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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