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Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs: registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code MED.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $43.6M in itemized Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs lobbying disclosures across 397 filers, among them GENENTECH INC., BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION, AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC., ranking #46 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#46
of 79 issues by spend
$43.6M
tracked Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs lobbying
397
organizations lobbying
$110K
average per filer

Issue code: MED · 397 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$43.6M
Organizations
397

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs filing shape

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs (MED) averages $110K per filer, many small registrants split the tracked total.

GENENTECH INC. leads this issue's filer table with $24.4M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 397 filers on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs provide a structured picture of who is paying to be heard, a trailing public-record indicator for the 118th and 119th Congresses.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 GENENTECH INC. $24.4M
#2 BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION $18.0M
#3 AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC. $16.7M
#4 ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. $15.7M
#5 ABBVIE $11.5M
#6 ABBOTT LABORATORIES $10.6M
#7 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $10.0M
#8 EMD SERONO, INC. $7.4M
#9 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES $6.8M
#10 JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $6.7M
#11 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION $5.5M
#12 SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. $5.1M
#13 LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA $5.0M
#14 BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION $4.9M
#15 SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. $4.7M
#16 AMERICAN CLINICAL LABORATORY ASSN $4.6M
#17 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $4.1M
#18 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA $3.9M
#19 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS $3.5M
#20 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. $3.4M
#21 MYRIAD GENETICS INC. $3.2M
#22 ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS $3.2M
#23 CSL BEHRING $3.1M
#24 MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PARTNERS HEALTHCARE) $3.1M
#25 MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION $3.0M
#26 OMEROS CORPORATION $2.9M
#27 HUNTSMAN CORPORATION $2.6M
#28 AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION $2.6M
#29 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION $2.5M
#30 PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. $2.5M
#31 HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH $2.4M
#32 DANAHER CORPORATION $2.4M
#33 SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST $2.3M
#34 BLOOD CANCER UNITED (FKA THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY) $2.2M
#35 CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES $2.2M
#36 COHERUS BIOSCIENCES $2.2M
#37 CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. $2.2M
#38 AMGEN USA, INC. $2.1M
#39 AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION $2.1M
#40 CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION $2.1M
#41 TRAVERE THERAPEUTICS $1.9M
#42 INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF AMERICA $1.9M
#43 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY $1.9M
#44 BAVARIAN NORDIC INC. $1.9M
#45 AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION $1.7M
#46 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY $1.7M
#47 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY $1.7M
#48 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $1.6M
#49 ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. $1.6M
#50 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY $1.6M

Registrant concentration on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Top organizations filing on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, ranked by all-issue lobbying total from Senate LDA records.

GENENTECH INC.$24.4MBIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATIONBIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORG…$18.0MAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANC…$16.7MELEVANCE HEALTH, INC.$15.7MABBVIE$11.5MABBOTT LABORATORIES$10.6MVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATEDVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCOR…$10.0MEMD SERONO, INC.$7.4M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs · official public datasets

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings LD-2 quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (issue codes, registrants, expenditures) · 2024 Aggregated from quarterly LD-2 filings for issue code MED; covers 397 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period. Data current as of August 2026.

Questions on this issue code

How much is spent lobbying on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs?
$43.6M was reported on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs (MED) by 397 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings. GENENTECH INC. is the top named filer on this code.
Who are the biggest spenders on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs lobbying?
Top filers on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs include GENENTECH INC., BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION, AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code MED.
How many organizations lobby on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs?
397 organizations filed on Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Data: official public datasets, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.