Asha Varghese
Pediatrics · Northbrook, ILNPI 1780693101
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 171 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $728, 3.9 times the $189 reported in 2019. Among pediatrics clinicians in IL 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.
Across 171 payments — averaging $18.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$416
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$370
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$315
- Sobi, Inc$307
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$211
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$177
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,087100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corium, LLC | 29 | $416 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 21 | $370 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $315 |
| Sobi, Inc | 14 | $307 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 10 | $211 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $177 |
| Merck | 10 | $163 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 8 | $162 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $135 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $82 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 5 | $69 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 3 | $58 |
| Bavarian Nordic A/s | 3 | $56 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 3 | $52 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,087 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,058 pediatrics providers in Illinois.
Other pediatrics in Northbrook
- Malka RadisNorthbrook$5K
- Amy PallerChicago$1.2M
- Jan BergerChicago$886K
- Jonathan RobertsPeoria$588K
- Anita Chandra PuriChicago$367K
- Mindy SimpsonChicago$318K
- Anthony ManciniChicago$187K
- Patricia ChiamasChicago$155K
- Ruchi GuptaChicago$94K
- Loris RaynerEvergreen Park$46K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.