Question 1

Has David Saperstein received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $288,828 in general payments to David Saperstein across 516 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 Saperstein 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 Saperstein 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
CSL Behring	65	$165,029
Grifols USA, LLC	45	$71,433
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	21	$10,162
UCB, Inc.	35	$9,720
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.	8	$8,626
Pfizer	14	$6,581
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.	11	$4,374
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	56	$3,670
Shire North American Group Inc	5	$3,183
Octapharma USA, Inc.	3	$1,033
AbbVie(2 entities)	101	$978
Argenx US, Inc.	21	$937
Tersera Therapeutics LLC	11	$718
Amgen	18	$374
Lundbeck LLC	9	$267
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	13	$218
Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc.	3	$198
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.	18	$184
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	8	$154
Lilly USA, LLC	3	$129
Novartis	7	$89
Sanofi	4	$75
Biogen	3	$66
Baxter Healthcare	1	$60
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$59
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.	3	$52
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$48
SPR Therapeutics, Inc	1	$41
Genentech USA, Inc.	3	$41
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC	2	$40
Kedrion Biopharma, Inc.	2	$38
Neurelis, Inc.	2	$37
Medtronic	1	$22
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$22
EMD Serono, Inc.	1	$18
Metacel Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$18
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.	1	$18
Pharming Healthcare, Inc.	1	$17
Abbott	1	$17
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$17
Bausch Health US, LLC	1	$15
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.	1	$15
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$12
EDW Pharma, Inc.	1	$12
Strongbridge US Inc.	1	$12

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