Drug Topics March 19, 2025
In an Axios analysis of US Senate lobbying disclosures from the past year, researchers explored the ongoing trends of how certain industries distribute influence among legislators.
Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), drug manufacturer, and physician trade groups all spent more on health care lobbying from 2023 to 2024, according to an Axios report.1
“In the past 5 years, the number of health care-related organizations ranked in the top 10 for lobbying spending at the state Capitol has increased significantly,” wrote David Krechevsky for the Connecticut Hospital Association.2 “There were just 2 health care-related organizations among the top 5 lobbying spenders in the 2-year period of 2019 and 2020, and just 3 among the top 10. For 2021-22, 4 of the top...
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