Aaron Friedman
Metairie, LANPI 1194751925
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $7,570 of the $11,274 with a category attached, or 67.1%. AbbVie accounts for 82.7% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $7,254 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $59 in 2025.
Across 162 payments — averaging $69.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$9K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$506
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$269
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$254
- Amgen$168
- Medtronic$125
- plus $623 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,57067%
- Travel & lodging$5565%
- Food & beverage$3,14828%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 51 | $9,329 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 25 | $506 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 21 | $269 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 24 | $254 |
| Amgen | 8 | $168 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $125 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $104 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 3 | $55 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- UBRELVY$8,415
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.