Question 1

Has Aaron Peterson received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $699,752 in general payments to Aaron Peterson across 1,912 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 2

Does a payment mean Aaron Peterson did something wrong?

Accepted Answer

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Question 3

Where does this information about Aaron Peterson come from?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Company	Payments	Total
AbbVie(2 entities)	1,057	$658,303
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	93	$20,845
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.	48	$5,717
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	17	$1,970
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	95	$1,682
Lundbeck LLC	51	$1,014
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	69	$1,005
Tris Pharma Inc	46	$936
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	44	$891
Bausch Health US, LLC	55	$887
Corium, LLC	41	$833
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	46	$812
Alkermes, Inc.	30	$632
Neos Therapeutics, LP	40	$624
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.	31	$582
Noven Therapeutics, LLC	22	$419
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	12	$343
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.	15	$303
Johnson & Johnson	15	$302
Indivior Inc.	11	$282
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	8	$196
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	8	$166
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	7	$120
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.	7	$99
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	5	$97
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	4	$82
Almatica Pharma LLC	4	$81
OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	5	$78
Orexo US, Inc.	5	$77
Shire North American Group Inc	4	$64
Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC	3	$56
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	3	$47
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC	2	$38
Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p.	2	$35
Alfasigma USA, Inc.	2	$33
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.	1	$31
Tempus AI, Inc	1	$23
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$19
IBSA Pharma Inc.	1	$15
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$15

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