Abul Azad, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Schenectady, NYNPI 1003979121
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 687 payments — averaging $29.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Grifols USA, LLC$7K
- GSK$4K
- AstraZeneca$4K
- Sanofi$887
- Boehringer Ingelheim$705
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$513
- plus $3K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,02330%
- Travel & lodging$5323%
- Food & beverage$13,47467%
- Education$1121%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grifols USA, LLC | 41 | $7,317 |
| GSK | 226 | $3,878 |
| AstraZeneca | 157 | $3,693 |
| Sanofi | 45 | $887 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 34 | $705 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 23 | $513 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 23 | $455 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 25 | $431 |
| Amgen | 16 | $329 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 13 | $214 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $197 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $169 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $144 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $138 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $123 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 6 | $118 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 5 | $101 |
| Novartis | 6 | $101 |
| Bayer | 5 | $81 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $45 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Circassia Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 1 | $17 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $13 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Prolastin-C$5,499
- Prolastin-C Liquid$1,133
- TEZSPIRE$544
- FASENRA$397
- BREZTRI$311
- AIRSUPRA$288
- SYMBICORT$275
- TYVASO$123
- AREXVY$118
How this compares
$20,141 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,115 pulmonary disease providers in New York.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prolastin CAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 57 | $554,034 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 497 | $505,194 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 218 | $170,289 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 250 | $129,420 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 149 | $121,090 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 24 | $92,364 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 84 | $58,734 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 42 | $45,381 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 63 | $37,952 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 35 | $36,901 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 206 | $32,835 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 110 | $25,252 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 619 | $23,303 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 46 | $23,034 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 51 | $21,789 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $3,878 | $843,2171,056 claims |
| Grifols USA, LLCProlastin C | $7,317 | $554,03457 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat, Combivent Respimat | $705 | $157,903204 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $3,693 | $142,879200 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $35 | $18,62216 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $197 | $15,77411 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 1,115 pulmonary disease providers in New York.
Other pulmonary disease in Schenectady
- Ahmed KhanSchenectady$453K
- Linda RogersNew York$7.1M
- Maria PadillaNew York$3.6M
- R WhiteRochester$3.1M
- Juan WisniveskyNew York$3M
- Bushra MinaNew York$2.5M
- Robert KanerNew York$2.3M
- Negin HajizadehGreenport$2M
- Doreen Addrizzo-HarrisNew York$1.9M
- Sherif El BayadiSyracuse$1.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.