Question 1

Has David Lin, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $25,489 in general payments to David Lin, MD across 11 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 Lin, MD 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 Lin, MD 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
Ipsen Pharma SAS	4	$22,065
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	1	$3,200
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$116
Seagen Inc.	2	$60
Merck	2	$34
Bioventus LLC	1	$14

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium	12	$72
Paroxetine Hcl	13	$48

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