Anisa Lakhani
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 115 payments — averaging $17.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$307
- AstraZeneca$248
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$196
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$188
- Novartis$144
- AbbVie$141
- plus $829 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,95395%
- Education$1005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 17 | $307 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $248 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $196 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $188 |
| Novartis | 11 | $144 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $141 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $121 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $88 |
| Bayer | 5 | $80 |
| GSK | 5 | $76 |
| Abbott | 3 | $47 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $45 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $37 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $37 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydralazine Hcl | 11 | $281 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Plano
- Kori NelsonPlano$148K
- Zaineb ShamsPlano$64K
- Lashonda CraneHouston$3.4M
- David WeirDallas$959K
- Luba YammineHouston$479K
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- Nirupama JeromeAustin$418K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
- Linda MercadoHouston$211K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.