Takeda
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Takeda Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company based in Japan. Takeda manufactures Prevacid® as well as a series of common vaccines.[1] In 2010, the company had $18.4 billion in total revenues and $3.2 billion in net income.[2]
Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Takeda was a corporate member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as of 2011, and was a "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference, which in 2010 equated to $5,000.[3]. It was the ALEC state corporate co-chair of Alaska, South Dakota and Washington as of 2011.[4]
John Schlatter, Government Affairs Manager at Takeda,[5] represents Takeda as the state corporate co-chair of Alaska and Washington and was the 2011 recipient of ALEC's State Chair of the Year Award.[4] Marilyn Vetter, Government Affairs Manager at Takeda,[6] represents Takeda as the state corporate co-chair of South Dakota.[4]
Takeda was also a "President" level sponsor of the 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[4] ($100,000 in 2010)[7] and a member of the Louisiana Host Committee.[4] Takeda Head of Governmental and External Affairs David L. Dieter also spoke at a plenary session at the conference, alongside Tucker Carlson of the Koch-founded and -funded Cato Institute.[4]
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Lobbying and Political Contributions
In January through August 2011, Takeda spent $760,000 on lobbying the U.S. Congress, hiring lobbying firms Ogilvy Government Relations and Williams & Jensen.[8] Takeda officers and employees gave a total of $39,551 to Congressional candidates of both parties, PACs, SuperPACs and Parties in the 2010 election cycle.[9]
References
- ↑ Takeda, Ethical Drugs, corporate website, accessed August 11, 2011
- ↑ Takeda Financials, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, accessed August 11, 2011
- ↑ Nick Surgey and Calvin Sloan, "Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC," Exposed by CMD, Center for Media and Democracy, July 28, 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
- ↑ LinkedIn, John Schlatter, online business profile, accessed August 12, 2011
- ↑ Wisconsin BioForward, Government Affairs Committee, trade group website, accessed August 12, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Sponsorship Opportunities at ALEC's Annual Meeting, organizational website, 2010, accessed August 4, 2011
- ↑ Center for Responsive Politics, 2011 Lobbying: Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, OpenSecrets.org lobbying database, accessed August 12, 2011
- ↑ Center for Responsive Politics, Donor Search Results: Employer: Takeda, OpenSecrets.org campaign finance database, accessed August 12, 2011
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