Question 1

Has David Kirk received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $1,193,786 in general payments to David Kirk across 41 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 David Kirk 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 David Kirk 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
Eli Lilly	16	$781,485
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	3	$305,845
AbbVie	16	$73,176
Janssen Research & Development, LLC	6	$33,280

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
OzempicSemaglutide	57	$57,405
MounjaroTirzepatide	20	$20,103
JardianceEmpagliflozin	11	$13,977
EliquisApixaban	11	$10,216
Olmesartan Medoxomil	49	$1,335
Atorvastatin Calcium	104	$1,010
Bisoprolol Fumarate	31	$772
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	21	$720
Levothyroxine Sodium	53	$695
Metoprolol Succinate	37	$674
Olmesartan-HydrochlorothiazideOlmesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide	18	$651
Omeprazole	31	$561
Trazodone Hcl	24	$491
Losartan Potassium	51	$484
Mirtazapine	11	$471

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