Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.: payments to doctors
Reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act for Open Payments program years 2019–2025. Figures group every CMS reporting entity belonging to this corporate parent.
- Total reported
- $64M
- Providers paid
- 47,635
- Transactions
- 392,987
- Average per transaction
- $163
The average per transaction — $163 — is the number worth reading. A large total spread across hundreds of thousands of transactions is a company buying a great many modest meals at educational presentations. A large total across few transactions means consulting, speaking or royalty arrangements with a small number of physicians. The totals alone do not distinguish them.
Where the money went
| State | Total reported | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | $11,100,653 | 17.3% |
| Florida | $10,819,363 | 16.9% |
| Texas | $6,636,559 | 10.4% |
| Georgia | $5,772,653 | 9.0% |
| Arkansas | $4,520,553 | 7.1% |
| New Jersey | $4,055,401 | 6.3% |
| New York | $3,476,274 | 5.4% |
| Maryland | $2,321,156 | 3.6% |
| Ohio | $1,846,503 | 2.9% |
| North Carolina | $1,251,884 | 2.0% |
| Illinois | $1,051,280 | 1.6% |
| Pennsylvania | $1,042,638 | 1.6% |
| Missouri | $898,473 | 1.4% |
| Louisiana | $817,075 | 1.3% |
| Michigan | $781,903 | 1.2% |
| Massachusetts | $652,269 | 1.0% |
| Tennessee | $542,633 | 0.8% |
| Kansas | $519,320 | 0.8% |
| Connecticut | $453,333 | 0.7% |
| Alabama | $383,705 | 0.6% |
| Arizona | $374,762 | 0.6% |
| Virginia | $356,733 | 0.6% |
| District of Columbia | $356,238 | 0.6% |
| Minnesota | $337,307 | 0.5% |
| South Carolina | $336,107 | 0.5% |
| Kentucky | $335,355 | 0.5% |
| Nevada | $322,469 | 0.5% |
| Washington | $296,777 | 0.5% |
| Indiana | $292,873 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | $277,215 | 0.4% |
| Oregon | $209,035 | 0.3% |
| Colorado | $208,642 | 0.3% |
| New Hampshire | $168,453 | 0.3% |
| Utah | $137,602 | 0.2% |
| Hawaii | $128,105 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | $124,922 | 0.2% |
| South Dakota | $111,600 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $106,316 | 0.2% |
| West Virginia | $92,811 | 0.1% |
| Wisconsin | $88,730 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $84,975 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $57,842 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $54,413 | 0.1% |
| Iowa | $48,491 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $40,631 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $28,186 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $26,214 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $19,184 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $15,465 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $12,400 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $5,987 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $4,101 | 0.0% |
| GU | $565 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $293 | 0.0% |
| AE | $255 | 0.0% |
| XX | $46 | 0.0% |