Question 1

Has Bernard Garcia received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $5,564,524 in general payments to Bernard Garcia across 750 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 Bernard Garcia 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 Bernard Garcia 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
BD	17	$2,850,004
AbbVie(2 entities)	197	$1,578,039
Partner Therapeutics, Inc.	16	$550,525
AstraZeneca	28	$138,989
Romark Laboratories, LC	4	$63,045
Pfizer	29	$60,777
Gilead	27	$60,646
Sanofi US Services Inc.	16	$45,251
Novartis	13	$39,072
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	15	$37,490
Astrazeneca UK Limited	2	$36,290
Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd.ltee	49	$30,935
Shionogi Inc	8	$18,260
Boehringer Ingelheim	13	$17,780
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	35	$12,735
Genentech, Inc.	3	$8,750
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	10	$7,798
Janssen Research & Development, LLC	4	$3,693
Amgen	56	$737
Johnson & Johnson	33	$678
Novo Nordisk	33	$548
Harmony Biosciences LLC	14	$443
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	19	$324
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	14	$257
GSK	7	$240
Kvk-tech, Inc.	27	$194
Lilly USA, LLC	13	$159
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	7	$130
Spineology Inc.	1	$89
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	5	$85
Viiv Healthcare Company	4	$67
Astellas Pharma US Inc	4	$67
Merck	5	$66
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	3	$59
Almatica Pharma LLC	2	$38
Redhill Biopharma Inc.	2	$36
Genentech USA, Inc.	2	$31
Philips North America LLC	2	$30
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	2	$29
Shire North American Group Inc	2	$26
Dexcom, Inc.	1	$22
Insulet Corporation	1	$22
Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.	1	$17
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$16
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$16
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	1	$15
Quidel Corporation	1	$5

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