Fact Based List:

2012: Top 10 Pharmaceutical Companies Contributing to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups

  1. Pfizer Inc $1,039,351
  2. Amgen Inc $782,198
  3. Abbott Laboratories $618,445
  4. AstraZeneca PLC $593,551
  5. Merck & Co $508,983
  6. Eli Lilly & Co $415,947
  7. GlaxoSmithKline $352,467
  8. Novartis AG $324,569
  9. Bayer AG $247,301
  10. Sanofi $187,962

Source: The Center for Responsive Politics
Source URL: http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2012...