Question 1

Has Caroline Messer received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $175,451 in general payments to Caroline Messer across 1,189 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 Caroline Messer 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 Caroline Messer 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
Novo Nordisk	266	$140,361
Mannkind Corporation	70	$17,945
Lilly USA, LLC	139	$2,605
Amgen(2 entities)	83	$1,816
AbbVie	102	$1,766
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	54	$1,337
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	56	$1,118
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	55	$879
Astellas Pharma US Inc	30	$716
Pfizer	32	$662
Antares Pharma, Inc.	27	$568
IBSA Pharma Inc.	28	$556
Bayer	21	$467
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	27	$437
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	17	$356
Radius Health, Inc.	11	$295
Intra-sana Laboratories	13	$291
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	13	$263
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	13	$231
Merck	14	$216
Boehringer Ingelheim	12	$183
Corcept Therapeutics	7	$182
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc	8	$153
Vertex	1	$131
Dexcom, Inc.	6	$124
Tolmar, Inc.	6	$124
Abbott	6	$122
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.	6	$119
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.	1	$110
Medtronic	5	$107
Shire North American Group Inc	5	$90
Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.	4	$80
Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc.	4	$79
Chiesi USA, Inc.	3	$73
Insulet Corporation	3	$72
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.	3	$54
Cequr Corporation	1	$53
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation	3	$52
Eisai Inc.	3	$50
Vivus LLC	3	$50
Johnson & Johnson	2	$48
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.	2	$48
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc	2	$47
Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC	2	$41
Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC	2	$37
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.	2	$37
BD	2	$37
EUSA Pharma (US) LLC	2	$34
Novartis	1	$31
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC	2	$31
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc	1	$23
Halozyme Inc	1	$23
Valeritas, Inc.	1	$20
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$20
GRT US Holding, Inc.	1	$18
Avion Pharmaceuticals	1	$18
Therapeuticsmd, Inc.	1	$18
Zealand Pharma US, Inc.	1	$16
Vistapharm, Inc.	1	$14

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