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AbbVie

Company · Health & pharma · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, AbbVie appears in 70 declared MEP meetings (41 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

70
declared meetings
with current MEPs
41
MEPs met
€1.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“AbbVie is a Specialty-focused, research-based biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new products and new ways to help people manage some of the most serious health conditions. We are scientists, researchers, communicators, manufacturing specialists, and regulatory experts. AbbVie began as the pharmaceutical leader, Abbott, which was founded in 1888 by Chicago physician, Dr. Wallace Abbott.”

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“Since then, Abbott has evolved to become a global healthcare leader, delivering innovative pharmaceutical, nutritional, diagnostic, and medical products to people in more than 150 countries. On January 1, 2013, AbbVie was founded, a global biopharmaceutical company with the focus and capabilities to address some of the world's greatest health challenges. AbbVie has the stability, resources, expertise, and passion to discover, develop, and bring to market groundbreaking science to solve the biggest health problems that face the world today (...)”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 70 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party3144%
Socialists & Democrats1927%
Renew Europe913%
European Conservatives & Reformists69%
Patriots for Europe34%
Greens/EFA23%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (27 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
5
2023
10
2024
9
2025
27
2026
19

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Tomislav Sokol
5 meetings · EPP
Tiemo Wölken
4 meetings · S&D
Nicolás González Casares
4 meetings · S&D
Andreas Glück
3 meetings · Renew
Pascal Arimont
3 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Oct 2026Nina CarberryNeurological health
20 Oct 2026Tiemo WölkenMDR/IVDR Revision and Biotech Act
15 Oct 2026Elena Nevado del CampoNeurological health strategy
29 Jun 2026Eleonora MeletiWOMEN'S HEALTH
25 Jun 2026Ingeborg ter LaakBiotech Act
4 Jun 2026Aurelijus VerygaStrengthening Europe's Biotech Ecosystem
1 Jun 2026Maria GrapiniMeeting on Pharmaceutical products
1 Jun 2026Maria Grapinihealthcare
1 Jun 2026Gabriela FireaMeeting on EU health policy
1 Jun 2026Gabriela FireaHealth at a Crossroads: Active Aging, Prevention & Demographic Resilience
7 May 2026Wouter BekeEU Biotech Act I
28 Apr 2026Ingeborg ter LaakBiotech Act
9 Apr 2026Aurelijus VerygaFollow-Up Discussion on the Critical Medicines Act
9 Apr 2026Margarita de la Pisa CarriónSANT COMMITTEE ONGOING WORK
25 Mar 2026Tomislav SokolHealth policy

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