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
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.
Latest FEC Data
covers through committee's March 29, 2010 filing.-
Summary
overview of the committee's finances- Total Raised:
- $2,820,386
- Total Spent:
- $2,817,843
- Cash on Hand:
- $556,050
- Debts:
- $0
Standardized Donation Information
covers roughly through Q4 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.-
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Lobbying
$41,428,536 SpentFigures 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.
Lobbying on Behalf of Pfizer Inc
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Firm Hired Amount Pfizer Inc $36,460,000 Wyeth $2,459,268 -
Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
- Health Issues,
- Medicare & Medicaid,
- Taxes,
- Trade,
- Copyright, Patent & Trademark,
- Fed Budget & Appropriations,
- Pharmacy,
- Consumer Product Safety,
- Agriculture,
- Labor, Antitrust & Workplace
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Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
Bill No. Title H.R.1548 Pathway for Biosimilars Act H.R.1427 Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act H.R.4213 Tax Extenders Act of 2009 H.R.3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 S.301 Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 H.R.3590 Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 H.R.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 H.R.759 Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009 H.R.1706 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2009 S.501 Fair Prescription Drug Competition Act
Regulations
Mentioned in 292 dockets; Submitted to 47 docketsAll 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.
The tables show occurrences of "Pfizer Inc" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.
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Documents Submitted by the Organization
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Mentions in Document Text
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Contractor Misconduct
4 InstancesThis 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.
| Misconduct Type | Hired By | Incident | Year | Disposition | Penalty |
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| Health | None | Illegal Marketing of Bextra and Other Drugs | 2009 | Pleaded Guilty | $2,300,000,000 |
| Health | None | Illegal Testing in Nigeria | 2009 | Settlement | $75,000,000 |
| Antitrust | None | Hawaii Average Wholesale Price Litigation | 2010 | Settlement | $8,200,000 |
| Health | None | FDA Inspection of New York City Facility | 2010 | Investigative Finding | $0 |
EPA Violations
1 Enforcement ActionsFigures 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.
| Case Name | Defendant | Date | Locations | Amount |
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| Old Southington Landfill | Pharmacia Corporation (+85 others) | 2009 | Southington, Ct | $4,248,450 |
Advisory Committees
19 people on 14 committeesData 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.
Table shows employees of "Pfizer Inc" that sat on federal advisory committees.
View all advisory committee data for Pfizer Inc