Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated spent $4.6M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on health care, medicare & medicaid, budget & spending. It used 23 lobbyists, including people who worked for 12 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $4.6M
- Lobbyists
- 23
- Bills lobbied
- 9
- Issues
- 10
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$1.1M
- 2025 Q4$1.1M
- 2026 Q1$1.1M
- 2026 Q2$1.2M
Issues lobbied
- Health care
- Medicare & Medicaid
- Budget & spending
- Taxes
- Trade
- Media
- Veterans
- Pharmacy
- Defense
- District of Columbia
Bills lobbied on
- H.R. 1227: Alternatives to PAIN Act26 reports
- S. 475: Alternatives to PAIN Act20 reports
- S. 8644 reports
- H.R. 14144 reports
- H.R. 6423: HELP Copays Act3 reports
- S. 38322 reports
- H.R. 71422 reports
- H.R. 15182 reports
- S. 3752 reports
Lobbying firms hired
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$4.6M
- Tarplin, Downs & Young, LLC$320K
- Cgcn Group, LLC$290K
- Marshall & Popp, LLC$240K
- Avenue Solutions$240K
- Stanton Park Group$200K
- Empire Consulting Group$160K
- Crossroads Strategies, LLC$140K
- Holland & Knight LLP$100K
- Mclarty Inbound LLC$90K
- Alston & Bird LLP$70K
Lobbyists who worked in Congress
- Andrew Siracuse
Sr. Tax Cnsl., Sen. John Cornyn; Staff Dir., Sen. Fin. Cmte. Int'l. Trade, Customs & Global Comp. Sbcmte., Tax Cnsl…John Cornyn (R-TX) - Elizabeth Murray
Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and…Mike Thompson (D-CA) - Elizabeth Murray
Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and…Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) - Emily Murry
Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor, Majority Leader McCarthy; Policy Advisor, Majority…Ken Calvert (R-CA) - Peter Fise
Health Counsel for Sen. Cmte on Finance, Health Counsel for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Staff Assistant for House Cmte on…Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - Valerie Henry
Legislative Director, Rep. Greg Walden; Legislative Assistant to Sen. John Warner and Sen. Mike CrapoMike Crapo (R-ID) - Aisling Mcdonough
Chief of Staff, Rep. Anna Eshoo; Senior Health Advisor, Rep. Anna Eshoo; Policy Coordinator, Energy & Commerce…Brian Schatz (D-HI) - Hazen Marshall
Policy Director-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; Staff Director, Senate Budget Committee-Senator Don Nickles…Mitch McConnell (R-KY) - Monica Popp
Chief of Staff/Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn; Professional Staff Member, U.S…John Cornyn (R-TX) - Martha Miller
Deputy Director of Scheduling, Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), 2019-2020; Scheduler, Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-08), 2020-2022.Warren Davidson (R-OH) - Kyle Hill
Leg. Director, Rep. Suzan DelBene (1/19-7/22); Sr. Leg. Asst., Rep. Suzan DelBene (10/17-1/19); Health Policy Advisor…Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA) - Kevin Dawson
Chief of Staff, Congressman Mike Kelly; Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Professional Staff Member, Senate…Mike Kelly (R-PA) - Kevin Dawson
Chief of Staff, Congressman Mike Kelly; Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Professional Staff Member, Senate…Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Agencies contacted
- House Of Representatives · 87
- Senate · 86
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (Cms) · 16
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (Hhs) · 16
- White House Office · 12
- Food & Drug Administration (Fda) · 8
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q3 report$20K
- 2026 Q2 report$60K
- 2026 Q2 report$60K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$1.2M
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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