Bhuvana Sunil
Tacoma, WANPI 1457756926
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $723 of the $1,023 with a category attached, or 70.7%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 39.4% of the total.
Across 53 payments — averaging $19.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$403
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$250
- Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$102
- Medtronic$53
- Abbott$50
- Sequel Med Tech, LLC$45
- plus $120 from 5 others
Across 640 payments — averaging $864.34 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novo Nordisk AS$177K
- Medtronic$114K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$80K
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$76K
- AbbVie$53K
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$31K
- plus $22K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$25024%
- Food & beverage$72371%
- Other$505%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 34 | $403 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $250 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $53 |
| Abbott | 1 | $50 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Insulet Corporation | 2 | $42 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $28 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.