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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is an American trade association based in Washington, D.C. It has offices in Japan and the United Arab Emirates.[1] It raises funds through the PhRMA Foundation.

History

PhRMA was founded in 1958 “to represent America’s biopharmaceutical research companies and seek essential alignment between public policy and medical research to address patient needs.”[2][3]

Members

Member companies of PhRMA include:[4]

Activities

PhRMA has provided notable funding to:

Lobbyists

Firms hired by PhRMA to conduct its lobbying activities in 2022-2023 include:[7][8]

  • Advanced Policy Consulting
  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Arnold & Porter
  • BakerHostetler
  • BGR Group
  • Bose Public Affairs Group
  • Bravo Group
  • Capitol Counsel
  • Capitol Legislative Strategies
  • Cassidy and Associates
  • Convergance Public Affairs
  • Covington & Burling
  • Crossroads Strategies
  • Dentons
  • Desimone Consulting
  • East End Group
  • Empire Consulting Group
  • Farragut Partners
  • Federal Health Counsel
  • Forbes Tate Partners (FTP)
  • FTI Consulting
  • Hance Scarborough
  • Hart Health Strategies
  • Horizon Government Affairs
  • Klink Campaigns
  • Lesic & Camper Communications
  • LKB Strategies
  • Marshall & Popp
  • Mathis Harple Group
  • McManus Group
  • Miller Strategies
  • Monument Advocacy
  • Nelson Mullins
  • Nueva Vista Group
  • Ogilvy Government Relations
  • Public Strategies Washington
  • Putala Strategies
  • Ricchetti Incorporated
  • Roberti Global
  • Simmons & Russell Group
  • SL Strategies
  • Tarplin, Downs & Young
  • Thorn Run Partners
  • Thorsen French Advocacy
  • Tiber Creek Group
  • Tiber Creek Health Strategies
  • Todd Strategy Group
  • W Strategies
  • Williams & Jensen

Further reading


  1. About. PhRMA. Retrieved September 26, 2018, from https://web.archive.org/web/20180926013616/https://www.phrma.org/about ↩︎

  2. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. C-SPAN. Retrieved April 5, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220406050308/https://www.c-span.org/organization/?17713/Pharmaceutical-Research-Manufacturers-America ↩︎

  3. About PhRMA. Retrieved April 1, 2016, from PhRMA. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401215216/http://www.phrma.org/about ↩︎

  4. About. PhRMA. Retrieved September 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230914221250/https://phrma.org/About ↩︎

  5. Dreyfuss, R. (2001, December 19). How the DLC Does It. The American Prospect. https://web.archive.org/web/20240419104100/https://prospect.org/features/dlc/ ↩︎

  6. Who We Are. Global Liver Institute. Retrieved July 10, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230710042334/https://globalliver.org/who-we-are/ ↩︎

  7. Senate Office of Public Records. Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America Hired Firms - 2022. OpenSecrets. Retrieved September 27, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230927211941/https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/hired-firms?cycle=2022&id=D000000504 ↩︎

  8. Senate Office of Public Records. Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America Hired Firms - 2023. OpenSecrets. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230928181536/https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/hired-firms?cycle=2023&id=D000000504 ↩︎