RxDoctor Payments Data

Christopher Sweeney

Medical Oncology · Boston, MANPI 1659337038

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $43,585 of the $56,982 with a category attached, or 76.5%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bayer at 25.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $17,993 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $105 in 2023.

$56,982in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 46 payments — averaging $1238.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Bayer$15K
  • Eli Lilly$13K
  • Pfizer$6K
  • Advanced Accelerator Applications$4K
  • Bristol Myers Squibb$4K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$3K
  • plus $13K from 8 others
$644,787in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 41 payments — averaging $15,727 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.

  • Astellas Pharma Global Development$225K
  • Genentech, Inc.$156K
  • Exelixis Inc.$147K
  • Bayer$70K
  • Sanofi$20K
  • F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$14K
  • plus $12K from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$43,58576%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$12,15221%
  • Travel & lodging$4991%
  • Food & beverage$7461%

General payments by program year

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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.

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

How this compares

$56,982 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 308 medical oncology providers in Massachusetts.

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