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Payments from drug & device makers
Across 100 payments — averaging $19.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$294
- AbbVie$255
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$172
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$125
- Amgen$92
- Nevro Corp.$87
- plus $878 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,86798%
- Education$362%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 8 | $294 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $255 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 11 | $172 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 6 | $125 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $92 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $87 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $72 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $67 |
| Novartis | 3 | $66 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $64 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $64 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $58 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $39 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $36 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $12 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- UBRELVY$124
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.