Eileen Kitces
Richmond, VANPI 1598767808
Payments from drug & device makers
$2,411in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 129 payments — averaging $18.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$571
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$390
- Johnson & Johnson$370
- LEO Pharma Inc.$215
- Pfizer$141
- Novartis$138
- plus $587 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1506%
- Food & beverage$2,08486%
- Education$1777%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
19
20
21
22
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 31 | $571 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 20 | $390 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $370 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 14 | $215 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $141 |
| Novartis | 9 | $138 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $125 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Amgen | 1 | $30 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $28 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 2 | $28 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $12 |
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.