Question 1

Has Elza Vasconcellos received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $244,920 in general payments to Elza Vasconcellos across 820 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 Elza Vasconcellos 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 Elza Vasconcellos 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
Corium, LLC	186	$134,777
Amgen	16	$75,097
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	201	$23,630
UCB, Inc.	99	$3,662
Tris Pharma Inc	60	$1,927
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.	59	$1,049
Neurelis, Inc.	20	$536
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	13	$499
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	15	$401
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	22	$368
AbbVie(2 entities)	21	$366
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	13	$365
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	15	$334
Neos Therapeutics, LP	14	$248
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.	2	$234
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.	12	$173
SK Life Science, Inc.	6	$172
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	7	$163
Novartis	2	$143
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC	5	$100
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.	4	$86
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.	4	$85
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC	3	$62
Immedica Pharma US, Inc.	2	$59
Shire North American Group Inc	3	$59
Lilly USA, LLC	3	$55
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	2	$44
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC	2	$40
Otter Pharmaceuticals, LLC	1	$39
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$31
Cranial Technologies, Inc	2	$30
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$28
Noven Therapeutics, LLC	1	$24
Eisai Inc.	1	$23
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	1	$14

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