Question 1

Has David Mellman received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $11,949 in general payments to David Mellman across 649 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 Mellman 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 Mellman 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
AbbVie(2 entities)	74	$1,421
Amgen(2 entities)	58	$1,236
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	62	$1,121
Novo Nordisk	44	$844
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	68	$798
Lilly USA, LLC	43	$743
Astellas Pharma US Inc	19	$502
Pfizer	23	$445
Johnson & Johnson	20	$381
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	19	$369
GSK	17	$335
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	17	$323
Boehringer Ingelheim	16	$318
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	18	$294
Merck	19	$289
Novartis	14	$259
Eisai Inc.	14	$253
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	10	$179
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	9	$159
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	6	$134
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	7	$133
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	8	$130
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	6	$123
IBSA Pharma Inc.	6	$109
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	5	$94
Alfasigma USA, Inc.	4	$93
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc	4	$79
Radius Health, Inc.	4	$69
Kaleo, Inc.	4	$68
Optinose US, Inc.	3	$68
Medicure Pharma Inc.	2	$68
Therapeuticsmd, Inc.	3	$59
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	3	$59
Cleerly, Inc.	2	$52
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	2	$46
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.	2	$41
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	2	$40
Bayer	1	$28
Alvogen Inc	1	$24
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$21
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$19
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.	1	$19
Tonix Medicines, Inc.	1	$18
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$16
Gilead	1	$16
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.	1	$15
Heartflow, Inc.	1	$14
Inogen, Inc.	1	$13
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	1	$13

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