Christopher Liddell Liddell currently serves as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff…
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At least 40 individuals who have served in the Trump administration have had ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
$40 Million
Trump administration figures have cumulatively made at least this much money from work related to the pharmaceutical industry.
60
There were at least 60 pharmaceutical companies and lobbying groups represented in the Trump administration.
At least 9
At least nine current or former Trump administration figures previously worked as lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry.
24
At least 24 current or former Trump administration officials provided legal services to the pharmaceutical industry before joining the administration.
At least 2
In 2018 and 2019, at least two Trump administration officials have left the administration to go work for a pharmaceutical company.
$1,535,000
The amount pharmaceutical companies contributed to Trump’s 2017 inauguration.
Ben Carson Carson has served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since his confirmation…
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Scott Gottlieb Scott Gottlieb was commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at HHS…
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David Burns As a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, David Penn Burns, currently…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Joseph Grogan Joseph Grogan, who is the director of the Domestic Policy Council, was a…
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Ned Sharpless Ned Sharpless, former acting secretary of the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and current…
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Joseph Simons Federal Trade Commissioner Joseph J. Simons served as legal representation for the biotechnology…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Ryan Brady Ryan Donley Brady, who serves as associate counsel to the president, represented EUSA…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Keagan Resler Lenihan Keagan Resler Lenihan is the former senior advisor to the HHS secretary…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Wayne Palmer Wayne Palmer, deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Mine Safety and Health…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Kimberly Brandt Kimberly Brandt, the HHS principal deputy administrator for operations, lobbied for the drug…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Lance Leggitt Lance Leggitt served in the Trump administration as HHS chief of staff and…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Timothy Clark Timothy Clark, HHS’ White House liaison for political personnel, boards and commissions until…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Eric Hargan Eric Hargan, the HHS deputy secretary, provided legal services to Alvogen, Inc. and…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Eric Dreiband Eric S. Dreiband, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division,…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
John Gore Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Matthew Gore, who served in the Justice…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Kate O’Scannlain Department of Labor Solicitor Kate Siobhan O’Scannlain previously represented Teva Pharmaceuticals of North…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Matthew E. Morgan Matthew E. Morgan, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Brian Benczkowski Brian Allen Benczkowski is the assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division of…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Jay Clayton Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), provided legal representation…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Jeffrey Kessler Jeffrey Kessler, assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance at the Department of Commerce,…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Andrei Iancu Andrei Iancu, the Commerce Department’s undersecretary for intellectual property and director of the…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Lowell J. Schiller Lowell J. Schiller, principal associate commissioner for policy at the FDA, represented…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
John Eisenberg John A. Eisenberg, deputy counsel to the president for national security affairs and…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Christine Wilson As a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in 2016, Federal Trade Commissioner…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
C.J. Mahoney Deputy U.S. Trade Representative C.J. Mahoney represented the biotech and pharmaceutical companies Genentech,…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Jessie Liu Jessie K. Liu, deputy general counsel at the Treasury Department until September 2017,…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Stefan Passantino Stefan C. Passantino is the former White House deputy assistant to the president…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Rebecca Wood Rebecca Kathleen Wood, who was chief legal counsel at the Food and Drug…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Nicholas Matich Nicholas T. Matich, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, served as legal…
David HudsonNovember 13, 2019
Maria Bonner Maria Bonner, who was recently promoted to deputy domestic policy adviser on the…
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Demetra Ashley Demetra Ashley, formerly the acting assistant administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),…
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John O’Brien John O’Brien, former Senior Advisor to the HHS Secretary for Drug Pricing Reform,…
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Robert Charrow Robert Charrow, now general counsel at HHS, previously provided legal services for CVS…
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Eric Ueland Eric Ueland, who is Assistant to the President and Director of the Office…
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Kelly Marie Cleary Kelly Marie Cleary, who is now deputy general counsel at HHS, represented…
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Brian Stimson Brian Stimson, who is principal deputy general counsel for litigation at HHS, previously…
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Jenifer Healy Jenifer Healy, who is USAID deputy chief of staff, previously worked at lobbying…
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Mary-Sumpter Lapinski Mary-Sumpter Lapinski, who was counselor to the HHS secretary for public health &…
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Paula Stannard Paula Stannard, who is now senior counselor to the HHS secretary, previously provided…
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BIG PHARMA COMPANIES WITH TIES TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
