Question 1

Has Adriana Ruiz received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $38,626 in general payments to Adriana Ruiz across 633 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 Adriana Ruiz 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 Adriana Ruiz 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
Sequel Med Tech, LLC	39	$23,197
Novo Nordisk	99	$2,621
Amgen(2 entities)	42	$1,460
Lilly USA, LLC	67	$1,389
Corcept Therapeutics	41	$1,233
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	35	$814
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	44	$775
Insulet Corporation	14	$716
Dexcom, Inc.	36	$688
Mannkind Corporation	26	$626
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	26	$554
Abbott	24	$505
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	19	$414
Boehringer Ingelheim	19	$397
Radius Health, Inc.	17	$383
Bayer	7	$361
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.	4	$242
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals	7	$208
Averitas Pharma Inc.	8	$192
Medtronic	1	$186
Cequr Corporation	3	$179
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd	2	$160
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.	2	$151
IBSA Pharma Inc.	7	$125
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	1	$124
Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.	6	$118
Chiasma, Inc.	1	$117
Embecta Corp.	4	$76
Chiesi USA, Inc.	4	$75
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	3	$70
Lifescan, Inc.	3	$67
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$50
AbbVie	3	$45
Novartis	2	$44
Merck	2	$41
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.	2	$34
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$25
Melinta Therapeutics, LLC	1	$22
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.	1	$21
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$21
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	1	$20
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	1	$19
Tolmar, Inc.	1	$17
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$16
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc	1	$15
Antares Pharma, Inc.	1	$12

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