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David Lobas, MD

Neurology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1619039534

Payments from drug & device makers

$158,043in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 876 payments — averaging $180.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$49K
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$35K
  • Sanofi$21K
  • Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$13K
  • UCB, Inc.$12K
  • MDD US Operations, LLC$5K
  • plus $24K from 51 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$10,5937%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$115,38173%
  • Travel & lodging$3,7012%
  • Food & beverage$28,08818%
  • Education$2810%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)109$48,683
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.69$35,411
Sanofi48$20,708
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.24$12,643
UCB, Inc.53$12,105
MDD US Operations, LLC26$4,911
Livanova USA, Inc.27$4,859
SK Life Science, Inc.19$2,533
EMD Serono, Inc.39$1,472
Lundbeck LLC39$1,267
Lilly USA, LLC50$1,136
Biogen16$959
Novartis20$819
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.22$784
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc23$759
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.19$720
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.25$658
Johnson & Johnson21$616
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc18$612
Bristol Myers Squibb17$568
Amgen(2 entities)13$558
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.24$506
Eisai Inc.8$362
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.10$348
Neurelis, Inc.13$345
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC8$327
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC10$319
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.12$311
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.27$298
Genentech USA, Inc.2$221
Harmony Biosciences LLC3$208
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.8$175
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$165
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.2$147
Abbott2$142
Pfizer6$136
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$126
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$114
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$112
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$103
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$101
Merck1$86
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$85
Boston Scientific1$81
AstraZeneca(2 entities)3$59
Bausch Health US, LLC2$49
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$44
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$41
Tersera Therapeutics LLC2$41
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$36
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$36
Avion Pharmaceuticals2$35
GE HealthCare2$28
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.1$24
Argenx US, Inc.1$22
CSL Behring1$14
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC1$12

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

$158,043 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$49,134
Medicare patients
211
Services billed
506

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
UbrelvyUbrogepant14$19,368
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa13$14,666
OngentysOpicapone15$12,499
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm12$7,809
Lacosamide21$1,512
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa63$1,188
Levetiracetam50$814
Primidone11$687
Lamotrigine47$541
Phenytoin Sodium Extended13$481
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine18$446
Np ThyroidThyroid,pork14$405
Memantine Hcl32$227
Gabapentin53$196
Topiramate12$125

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AbbVieUbrelvy$48,683$19,36814 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary$319$14,66613 claims
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ongentys$784$12,49915 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$12$12512 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.

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