David Bilstrom
Portland, ORNPI 1790766764
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,241 of the $6,436 with a category attached, or 65.9%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 39.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,615 and has fallen 88.8% since, to $292 in 2023.
Across 202 payments — averaging $31.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$3K
- AstraZeneca$851
- GSK$463
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$433
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$340
- CSL Behring$257
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,08032%
- Food & beverage$4,24166%
- Education$1162%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 25 | $2,536 |
| AstraZeneca | 43 | $851 |
| GSK | 27 | $463 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 19 | $433 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $340 |
| CSL Behring | 13 | $257 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 12 | $228 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 8 | $210 |
| Novartis | 9 | $161 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 8 | $145 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 2 | $127 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $122 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $119 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $107 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 6 | $83 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $60 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.