Senate LDA data Updated quarterly Lobbying disclosures

Pharmacy Lobbying

Heavy-volume Senate LDA filings on Pharmacy: the largest registrant books in this issue code report quarterly LD-2 outlays and named contacts.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $127.0M in itemized Pharmacy lobbying disclosures across 300 filers, among them PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA, AARP, PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, ranking #22 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#22
of 79 issues by spend
$127.0M
tracked Pharmacy lobbying
300
organizations lobbying
$423K
average per filer

Issue code: PHA · 300 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$127.0M
Organizations
300

Pharmacy filing shape

Pharmacy (PHA) averages $423K per filer, high per-registrant intensity on this code.

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA leads this issue's filer table with $65.7M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 300 filers on Pharmacy 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 PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $65.7M
#2 AARP $38.9M
#3 PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION $33.7M
#4 PFIZER INC. $28.8M
#5 AMGEN INC. $28.5M
#6 AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS (AHIP) $27.0M
#7 GENENTECH INC. $24.4M
#8 GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. $23.1M
#9 CVS HEALTH (AND SUBSIDIARIES) $21.5M
#10 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED $21.1M
#11 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INC $20.3M
#12 THE CIGNA GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES (FORMERLY CIGNA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES) $18.7M
#13 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $18.1M
#14 ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. $15.7M
#15 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY $15.4M
#16 BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION $13.9M
#17 NOVO NORDISK INC. $13.5M
#18 SANOFI US SERVICES INC $12.5M
#19 HUMANA INC. $11.6M
#20 ABBVIE $11.5M
#21 ABBOTT LABORATORIES $10.6M
#22 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $10.0M
#23 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION $9.5M
#24 BIOGEN INC. $9.3M
#25 WALGREEN CO $9.3M
#26 ALKERMES, INC. $8.5M
#27 NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC. $8.4M
#28 ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP $7.8M
#29 KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC $7.6M
#30 EMD SERONO, INC. $7.4M
#31 VIATRIS INC. $7.3M
#32 ASTELLAS PHARMA US $7.3M
#33 JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $6.7M
#34 ALBERTSONS COMPANIES INC. $6.7M
#35 CENCORA, INC. $6.3M
#36 SK AMERICAS, INC $6.3M
#37 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES, INC. $6.1M
#38 SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC. $6.1M
#39 COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE $5.8M
#40 THE PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY $5.8M
#41 MCKESSON CORPORATION & AFFILIATES U.S. ONCOLOGY AND RX SAVINGS SOLUTIONS $5.6M
#42 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION $5.5M
#43 EISAI INC. $5.3M
#44 PHRMA $5.3M
#45 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $5.0M
#46 TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. $5.0M
#47 ASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES $4.7M
#48 HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE (FORMERLY - HDMA) $4.5M
#49 PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA (PHRMA) $4.4M
#50 ASCENSION HEALTH ALLIANCE D/B/A ASCENSION $4.3M

Registrant concentration on Pharmacy

Largest registrants by all-issue lobbying total among filers on code PHA (Senate LDA).

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND …$65.7MAARP$38.9MPHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEME…$33.7MPFIZER INC.$28.8MAMGEN INC.$28.5MAMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE P…$27.0MGENENTECH INC.$24.4MGILEAD SCIENCES, INC.$23.1M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Pharmacy · 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 PHA; covers 300 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 Pharmacy?
$127.0M was reported on Pharmacy (PHA) by 300 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings, a heavy code by tracked outlay. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA leads the filer list.
Who are the biggest spenders on Pharmacy lobbying?
Top filers on Pharmacy include PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA, AARP, PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code PHA.
How many organizations lobby on Pharmacy?
300 organizations filed on Pharmacy during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

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