Question 1

Has Benjamin Epstein received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $447,320 in general payments to Benjamin Epstein across 2,278 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 Benjamin Epstein 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 Benjamin Epstein 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
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	382	$177,133
AbbVie	373	$103,842
Alkermes, Inc.	252	$74,825
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	46	$19,232
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	150	$15,858
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	47	$12,649
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	60	$12,597
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.	79	$8,475
Neos Therapeutics, LP	92	$5,779
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.	61	$3,054
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$2,130
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	86	$1,550
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	84	$1,319
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.	2	$1,300
Bausch Health US, LLC	47	$822
Novo Nordisk	54	$782
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	87	$769
Lundbeck LLC	84	$761
Corium, LLC	33	$623
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.	40	$602
Johnson & Johnson	25	$583
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	28	$496
Noven Therapeutics, LLC	35	$479
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	45	$347
Almatica Pharma LLC	19	$250
Eisai Inc.	17	$212
Tris Pharma Inc	11	$195
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	12	$187
Indivior Inc.	4	$92
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.	3	$90
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$59
OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	3	$58
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.	3	$51
Alfasigma USA, Inc.	2	$31
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	2	$28
Sage Therapeutics, LLC	1	$23
Merck	1	$21
Lilly USA, LLC	1	$17

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