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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2025 - 06/30/2025

Lobbyist name	Joshua Harrell
Business name	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Address	126 East Lincoln Ave.
City, state, zip code	Rahway, NJ 07065
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	415-389-6800

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $28,125.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1107	An Act prohibiting discrimination against 340b drug discount program participants	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	693	An Act relative to non-medical switching	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2525	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	785	An Act protecting 340B contract pharmacies	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1155	An Act empowering health care consumers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4240	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	724	An Act promoting healthcare access and affordability for patients	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	875	An Act to promote transparency in prescription drug prices	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1296	An Act to protect 340B providers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1364	An Act relative to promoting healthcare access and affordability for patients	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1082	An Act to enact the pharmacy benefit manager compensation reform	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	779	An Act to protect 340B providers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1080	An Act relative to copay assistance	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	779	An Act to protect 340B providers in the MassHealth program	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1234	An Act relative to pharmacy benefit managers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4001	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1274	An Act prohibiting PBMs from discriminating against hospitals and patients participating in the 340B drug discount program	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	694	An Act empowering health care consumers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4003	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	848	An Act relating to covered entity reporting to increase accountability to safeguard benefit for vulnerable patients	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	884	An Act to define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4151	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2554	An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1584	An Act establishing a mandatory sentence for destruction, defacement or damage to burial tombs and grave markers	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	845	An Act to protect 340B providers in the Medicaid program	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1082	An Act to enact the pharmacy benefit manager compensation reform	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4000	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1557	An Act relative to vaccines and preventing future disease outbreaks	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2035	An Act to eliminate the tax deduction for direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical marketing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	868	An Act enhancing health care market oversight and pharmaceutical access	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	895	An Act to promote transparency and prevent price gouging of pharmaceutical drug prices	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2529	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2384	An Act relative to provider choice	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2450	An Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2540	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1514	An Act relative to provider choice	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1504	An Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	819	An Act prohibiting discrimination against 340b drug discount program participants	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1101	An Act relative to consumer deductibles	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	3	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	809	An Act relative to patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1583	An Act to restore integrity in the marketing of pharmaceutical products and medical devices	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Additional Expenses

No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Campaign Contributions

Date	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
01/27/2025	Committee to Elect Aaron Michlewitz	State Representative	$200.00
01/29/2025	Committee to elect Meg Kilcoyne	State Representative	$200.00
03/25/2025	Committee to Elect Ron Mariano	State Representative	$200.00
04/08/2025	Committee to Elect Dan Cahill	State Representative	$100.00
04/08/2025	Committee to Elect Mark Cusack	State Representative	$200.00
04/08/2025	Committee to Elect Judith Garcia	State Representative	$100.00
05/07/2025	Committee to Elect John Lawn	State Representative	$200.00
06/17/2025	Committee to Elect Maura Healey	Governor	$200.00
06/25/2025	Committee to Elect Dan Hunt	State Representative	$200.00
		Total contributions	$1,600.00

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