David Brown
Pediatric Pulmonology · Columbia, SCNPI 1679507065
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,009 of the $1,247 with a category attached, or 80.9%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Harmony Biosciences LLC at 24.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $492, more than ten times the $13 reported in 2019.
Across 49 payments — averaging $25.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$309
- Amgen$155
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$139
- AstraZeneca$96
- Baxter Healthcare$75
- Philips North America LLC$69
- plus $404 from 13 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $6789.65 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.
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$36K
- Vertex$11K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,00981%
- Education$23919%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 7 | $309 |
| Amgen | 7 | $155 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $139 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $96 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $75 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $69 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 4 | $63 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $58 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $38 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| GSK | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Vertex | 1 | $16 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Gilead | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
Too few pediatric pulmonology providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Columbia
- Daniel BrownColumbia$2K
- Heather StaplesColumbia$2K
- Michael FieldsGreenville$7K
- Charles BowmanCharleston$4K
- Sylvia SzentpeteryCharleston$4K
- Sasikumar Kilaikode CheruveettaraGreenville$3K
- Steven SnodgrassGreenville$2K
- Jane GwinnGreenville$612
- Erin KallamGreenville$171
- Concetta RivaCharleston$83
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.