Question 1

Has Azimuddin Kazi received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $16,118 in general payments to Azimuddin Kazi across 774 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 Azimuddin Kazi 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 Azimuddin Kazi 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
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	81	$3,558
UCB, Inc.	115	$2,081
Tris Pharma Inc	126	$1,413
SK Life Science, Inc.	51	$913
Corium, LLC	34	$891
AbbVie(2 entities)	34	$714
Argenx US, Inc.	28	$700
Biogen	39	$669
Eisai Inc.	28	$647
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc	19	$408
Lundbeck LLC	26	$390
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	17	$384
EMD Serono, Inc.	18	$335
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	15	$284
AstraZeneca	11	$241
Lilly USA, LLC	12	$199
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	9	$160
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.	9	$155
Genentech USA, Inc.	6	$155
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	8	$150
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	9	$149
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	5	$131
Novartis	5	$101
Amgen	5	$94
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	4	$88
MDD US Operations, LLC	6	$87
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.	3	$85
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.	4	$64
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.	3	$64
Octapharma USA, Inc.	3	$63
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC	3	$60
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc	3	$58
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC	3	$58
Shire North American Group Inc	3	$57
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	4	$52
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$50
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$42
Sanofi	2	$41
Neurelis, Inc.	2	$38
Neos Therapeutics, LP	2	$36
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$34
Livanova USA, Inc.	2	$33
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$24
Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$23
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$23
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$22
Avion Pharmaceuticals	1	$21
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$21
CSL Behring	1	$18
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC	1	$16
Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p.	1	$15

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