Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), the antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil) for erectile dysfunction, and the anti-inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside the USA and Canada, mainly in South America). Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Campaign Finance

$42,039,599 Given
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

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    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.

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    in dollars

  • Top PAC Recipients

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View all campaign finance data for Pfizer Inc Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$131,106,536 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

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Lobbying on Behalf of Pfizer Inc

View all lobbying data for Pfizer Inc Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 1571 dockets; Submitted to 163 dockets
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "Pfizer Inc" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Federal Spending

25 contracts
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2012 Centers For Disease Control PFIZER VFC 2011 $287,552,818
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2011 Centers For Disease Control VACCINE FOR CHILDREN 2011 $281,640,506
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2012 Centers For Disease Control VFC 2012 $272,238,691
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2012 Centers For Disease Control VFC 2012 $230,002,760
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2012 Centers For Disease Control VFC 2012 $140,041,787
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2012 Centers For Disease Control PFIZER VFC 2011 $131,240,596
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2011 Centers For Disease Control PFIZER VFC 2011 $111,038,414
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2011 Centers For Disease Control VACCINE FOR CHILDREN 2011 $103,135,727
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2012 Centers For Disease Control VFC 2012 $96,027,716
contract
 Pfizer Inc. 2011 Centers For Disease Control PFIZER VFC 2011 $92,835,550
View all grant & loan data for Pfizer Inc View all contract data for Pfizer Inc Sources: USASpending.gov

Contractor Misconduct

11 Instances
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This information is collected by the Project On Government Oversight from press releases, court documents, news reports and other public records. It is not meant to be an exhaustive account of all instances of federal contractor misconduct.

More information on each instance, including primary source documents, is available on POGO's site by clicking on the instance description. More information on POGO's methodology is available here.

covers through POGO's March 5, 2013 release
Misconduct Type Hired By Incident Year Disposition Penalty
Health None Illegal Marketing of Bextra and Other Drugs 2009 Pleaded Guilty $2,300,000,000
Government Contract Fraud Health and Human Servs. Sandler et al. v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals 2005 Settlement $491,000,000
Health None Illegal Marketing of Neurontin 2004 Pleaded Guilty $430,000,000
Health None Illegal Testing in Nigeria 2009 Settlement $75,000,000
Government Contract Fraud Multiple Agencies Lipitor False Claims 2002 Settlement $49,000,000
Health None Illegal Marketing of Genotropin 2007 Pleaded Guilty $34,700,000
Health None U.S. ex rel. Wetherholt and Drimer v. Pfizer (Illegal Marketing of Detrol) 2011 Settlement $14,500,000
Antitrust None Hawaii Average Wholesale Price Litigation 2010 Settlement $8,200,000
Labor None McClain v. Pfizer (Whistleblower Retaliation) 2007 Judgment Against Defendant $1,370,000
Health None Lipitor Webpage Misbranding 2011 Investigative Finding $0
Health None FDA Inspection of New York City Facility 2010 Investigative Finding $0
View all contractor misconduct data for Pfizer Inc Sources: Federal Contractor Misconduct Database from POGO

EPA Violations

20 Enforcement Actions
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Figures are based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s ECHO website. The ECHO database contains federal and state environmental enforcement actions. Data displayed here includes only those actions that began after 2000 and resulted in fines of over $1 million.

Actions where the company was the sole defendant are listed first. Actions where the company is one of multiple defendants are listed subsequently.

For more information see our EPA methodology page.

covers through EPA's October 19, 2011 release
Case Name Defendant Date Locations Amount
Pharmacia Corporation (Industri-Plex Site) Pharmacia Corporation (+1 others) 2008 Woburn, Ma $37,245,000
Alliance Chemical Inc Et Al. Pharmacia Corp fka Monsanto Company (+71 others) 2007 Newark, Nj $37,000,000
Sauget Area 2 Unilateral Admin Order (Cercla) Pharmacia Corp (+76 others) 2002 Sauget, Il $26,500,000
Pharmacia Corporation/ Industri-Plex Site Ou-2 Pharmacia Corporation (+1 others) 2007 Woburn, Ma $25,600,000
Air Products & Chemical, Inc Et Al Pharmacia Corporation (+40 others) 2005 Elkton, Md $24,500,000
3m Company Warner-Lambert Company LLC (+106 others) 2008 Wood Ridge, Nj $18,000,000
Alcan Corporation Pharmacia Corporation f/k/a Monsanto Company (+81 others) 2007 Newark, Nj $13,150,000
Casmalia - De Minimis Aoc Pfizer Inc. (+191 others) 2004 Casmalia, Ca $11,900,000
Agere Systems, Et Al Pharmacia Corporation/Monsanto (+138 others) 2007 Elkton, Md $11,300,000
Anniston Pcb Site Pharmacia Corporation (+2 others) 2003 Anniston, Al $11,218,346
View all EPA violations data for Pfizer Inc Sources: EPA ECHO Enforcement Data

Advisory Committees

58 people on 48 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

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Table shows employees of "Pfizer Inc" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 33 people on 26 committees
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 6 people on 6 committees
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 4 people on 5 committees
  • Toggle Department of Veterans Affairs 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Labor 4 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of State 4 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Environmental Protection Agency 2 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Defense 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Homeland Security 2 people on 2 committees
View all advisory committee data for Pfizer Inc