Question 1

Has Christine Najarian received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $13,142 in general payments to Christine Najarian across 611 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 Christine Najarian 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 Christine Najarian 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)	265	$4,990
Lilly USA, LLC	62	$1,176
AstraZeneca	46	$914
Amgen	35	$901
Boehringer Ingelheim	18	$617
Novo Nordisk	29	$482
Pfizer	23	$477
GSK	22	$441
Organon	9	$288
Bayer	7	$272
Galderma Laboratories, L.p.	4	$263
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	12	$255
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	6	$181
Exact Sciences	8	$174
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals	2	$169
Novartis	9	$153
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$147
Boston Scientific	1	$137
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	7	$131
Myriad Women's Health, Inc.	1	$117
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	5	$109
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.	5	$108
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	4	$91
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.	4	$77
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	3	$44
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$32
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	2	$30
Ardelyx, Inc.	1	$28
Endogastric Solutions, Inc	2	$27
Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc.	1	$27
Seqirus USA Inc	1	$25
Johnson & Johnson	1	$25
Lundbeck LLC	1	$24
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.	1	$24
Genentech USA, Inc.	1	$22
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC	1	$21
Phadia US Inc.	1	$19
Edwards Lifesciences	1	$19
Tactile Systems Technology Inc	1	$18
Bausch Health US, LLC	1	$18
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$17
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$16
Harmony Biosciences LLC	1	$15
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$13
Echosens North America, Inc.	1	$6

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