Question 1

Has Allen Burris received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $261,099 in general payments to Allen Burris across 667 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 Allen Burris 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 Allen Burris 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
Novo Nordisk	205	$166,426
Lilly USA, LLC	99	$36,393
AstraZeneca	67	$21,557
Merck	36	$16,760
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.	16	$8,160
AbbVie	23	$5,457
Abbott	35	$2,061
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	5	$960
Amgen(2 entities)	37	$824
Antares Pharma, Inc.	19	$397
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	12	$237
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	9	$157
Lifescan, Inc.	10	$148
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	7	$145
Dexcom, Inc.	7	$135
IBSA Pharma Inc.	7	$132
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	9	$128
Boehringer Ingelheim	7	$113
Shire North American Group Inc	9	$112
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	7	$100
Medtronic(2 entities)	5	$70
Insulet Corporation	3	$60
Valeritas, Inc.	2	$56
Zealand Pharma US, Inc.	3	$54
Pfizer	3	$53
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.	3	$44
Johnson & Johnson	3	$41
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	2	$35
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	2	$29
Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.	1	$23
Novartis	1	$20
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc	1	$19
BD	1	$18
Vifor Pharma, Inc.	1	$18
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$18
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.	1	$17
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd	1	$17
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$16
Metuchen Pharmaceuticals	1	$16
Mannkind Corporation	1	$15
Vistapharm, Inc.	1	$15
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.	1	$15
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$14
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$13

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