Question 1

Has Cara Dawson received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $10,877 in general payments to Cara Dawson across 573 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 Cara Dawson 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 Cara Dawson 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
AbbVie(2 entities)	72	$1,376
Amgen(2 entities)	44	$863
Novo Nordisk	40	$739
Lilly USA, LLC	40	$704
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	36	$575
Astellas Pharma US Inc	23	$549
Pfizer	26	$520
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	30	$434
Novartis	22	$418
Johnson & Johnson	21	$384
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	18	$381
GSK	20	$362
Boehringer Ingelheim	12	$262
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	12	$236
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	15	$236
Heartflow, Inc.	3	$193
Merck	12	$180
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	8	$172
Radius Health, Inc.	8	$151
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	6	$150
Eisai Inc.	8	$141
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	8	$137
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	6	$109
Alfasigma USA, Inc.	5	$99
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	5	$99
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.	5	$97
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	4	$92
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	4	$86
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	4	$80
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$80
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	4	$72
Bausch Health US, LLC	4	$70
Bayer	3	$59
Medicure Pharma Inc.	3	$58
Inogen, Inc.	2	$56
IBSA Pharma Inc.	3	$53
Therapeuticsmd, Inc.	3	$48
Corcept Therapeutics	2	$47
Genentech USA, Inc.	2	$44
Cleerly, Inc.	2	$42
Gilead	2	$41
Kaleo, Inc.	2	$34
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc	2	$33
Exact Sciences	2	$31
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	2	$31
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	2	$29
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$25
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$24
Dexcom, Inc.	1	$22
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.	1	$22
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$22
Medtronic	1	$19
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$17
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$17
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$17
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.	1	$14
Shire North American Group Inc	1	$12
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.	1	$11

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