RxDoctor Payments Data

Amer Syed

Internal Medicine · Jersey City, NJNPI 1023214418

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $114,009 of the $140,481 with a category attached, or 81.2%. 55 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lilly USA, LLC at 33.3% of the total. Among internal medicine clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$140,481in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,182 payments — averaging $118.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Lilly USA, LLC$47K
  • AbbVie$36K
  • Amgen$29K
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$9K
  • Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$8K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • plus $11K from 49 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$114,00981%
  • Travel & lodging$6,2984%
  • Food & beverage$19,52914%
  • Education$6460%

General payments by program year

19
20
21
22
23

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Lilly USA, LLC148$46,780
AbbVie(2 entities)197$36,127
Amgen(2 entities)119$28,784
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC130$8,602
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.21$7,605
AstraZeneca44$1,229
Bayer18$1,140
Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.2$1,000
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc53$998
Boehringer Ingelheim43$950
GSK34$775
Medtronic(2 entities)19$608
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)30$450
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.37$429
Gilead8$418
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)26$415
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.18$343
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.22$315
Novo Nordisk21$303
Eli Lilly1$302
Ardelyx, Inc.21$216
Novartis14$207
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.14$206
Astellas Pharma US Inc2$198
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.15$191
Vivus LLC12$189
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC11$146
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC10$144
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.10$135
Edwards Lifesciences1$124
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.9$105
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.7$96
Pfizer6$82
Redhill Biopharma Inc.6$81
Zealand Pharma US, Inc.1$77
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.5$71
Amarin Pharma, Inc.5$68
Radius Health, Inc.4$57
LEO Pharma Inc.4$54
Merck4$53
IBSA Pharma Inc.4$51
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$41
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.3$39
Sanofi2$35
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$31
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$29
Mylan Specialty L.p.2$27
Mannkind Corporation2$27
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.3$27
Genentech USA, Inc.2$27
Antares Pharma, Inc.1$18
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$17
Tolmar, Inc.1$14
Shire North American Group Inc1$12
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$12

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.

How this compares

$140,481 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.

See all internal medicine providers in New Jersey →

Other internal medicine in Jersey City

See the full list for New Jersey →

Where these figures come from

Is this you, or does something look wrong? →