Dennis Fisher
San Francisco, CANPI 1740659747
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $319,943 of the $319,943 with a category attached, or 100.0%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 39.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $175,350 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $10,673 in 2025.
Across 48 payments — averaging $6665.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$127K
- Merck$115K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$38K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$21K
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$10K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$5K
- plus $4K from 1 others
Across 158 payments — averaging $11,197 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1.6M
- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.$139K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$11K
- Pfizer$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$319,943100%
General payments by program year
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 18 | $127,240 |
| Merck | 10 | $114,680 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 5 | $38,363 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $21,168 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $10,070 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $4,923 |
| Sandoz | 3 | $3,500 |
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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.