Question 1

Has Christopher Esworthy received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $30,517 in general payments to Christopher Esworthy across 670 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 Christopher Esworthy 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 Christopher Esworthy 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
Gilead	107	$20,056
AbbVie	213	$3,219
Novo Nordisk	107	$2,030
Pfizer	27	$557
Viiv Healthcare Company	22	$514
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	24	$424
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	16	$412
Neos Therapeutics, LP	16	$273
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)	3	$270
Lilly USA, LLC	10	$223
Amgen	12	$222
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	8	$213
Corium, LLC	12	$208
Incyte Corporation	8	$196
GSK	5	$175
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	9	$166
Exact Sciences	5	$127
Lundbeck LLC	7	$119
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	5	$110
Novartis	6	$104
Exeltis, USA Inc.	5	$90
Tris Pharma Inc	5	$85
Astellas Pharma US Inc	3	$61
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$52
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC	3	$49
Vertos Medical, Inc.	1	$48
TG Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$45
Kaleo, Inc.	2	$39
Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	2	$33
Banner Life Sciences, LLC	1	$32
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	2	$30
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	1	$27
Dexcom, Inc.	1	$27
Ardelyx, Inc.	1	$26
Biogen	1	$23
Alkermes, Inc.	1	$22
IBSA Pharma Inc.	1	$21
VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc.	1	$20
Bausch Health US, LLC	1	$19
Millicent US Inc	1	$19
Phadia US Inc.	1	$18
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	1	$17
Qiagen, LLC	1	$16
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$16
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	1	$15
Noven Therapeutics, LLC	1	$14
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$14
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.	1	$12
Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC	2	$10

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