Question 1

Has Donald Upton received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $13,522 in general payments to Donald Upton across 749 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 Donald Upton 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 Donald Upton 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	85	$1,391
AstraZeneca	54	$1,364
GSK	71	$1,110
Novo Nordisk	52	$916
Pfizer	61	$823
Medtronic	9	$764
Lilly USA, LLC	46	$672
Johnson & Johnson	42	$503
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	20	$471
Astellas Pharma US Inc	27	$449
Abbott	20	$403
Bayer	22	$390
Amgen	20	$367
Boehringer Ingelheim	24	$302
Corium, LLC	16	$296
Novartis	18	$275
Ardelyx, Inc.	12	$269
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	13	$245
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	12	$203
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	11	$199
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	4	$197
Corcept Therapeutics	11	$188
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	9	$150
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.	7	$146
Mylan Specialty L.p.	7	$133
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	5	$110
Merck	7	$105
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	6	$94
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	6	$91
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	3	$85
Lundbeck LLC	5	$85
Shield Therapeutics Inc	5	$82
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$71
Exact Sciences	4	$64
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	5	$60
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$56
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	3	$53
Radius Health, Inc.	2	$50
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	3	$49
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$42
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	2	$34
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	2	$26
Tris Pharma Inc	1	$24
Evoke Pharma, Inc.	2	$22
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.	1	$17
Neurelis, Inc.	1	$14
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	1	$14
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$13
Eisai Inc.	1	$12
Mannkind Corporation	1	$12
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc	1	$11

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