Question 1

Has Erica Hobson received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $9,467 in general payments to Erica Hobson across 416 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 Erica Hobson 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 Erica Hobson 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
Novartis	40	$832
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	24	$616
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	26	$577
Pfizer	33	$508
Merck	24	$472
Incyte Corporation	17	$466
GSK	16	$341
Beigene USA, Inc.	11	$339
Bristol Myers Squibb	17	$330
Astellas Pharma US Inc	15	$330
Sobi, Inc	6	$323
AbbVie	11	$302
Eisai Inc.	12	$259
Bayer	13	$255
Johnson & Johnson	10	$249
Amgen	9	$204
Seagen Inc.	9	$199
Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company	9	$190
Gilead(2 entities)	9	$185
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.	6	$167
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.	7	$165
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	2	$147
Lilly USA, LLC	6	$133
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	5	$129
Taiho Oncology, Inc.	5	$126
EMD Serono, Inc.	5	$120
Sanofi	6	$112
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC	3	$88
Emmaus Medical, Inc.	4	$79
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$72
Boehringer Ingelheim	3	$72
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$70
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.	3	$66
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.	3	$63
Morphosys, US Inc.	3	$62
Genentech USA, Inc.	2	$59
Blueprint Medicines Corporation	2	$48
Octapharma USA, Inc.	2	$47
Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc.	2	$46
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$43
Dova Pharmaceuticals	2	$41
Epizyme, Inc.	2	$40
Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC	2	$39
Array Biopharma Inc	2	$34
Pharmaessentia USA Corporation	1	$34
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation	1	$31
Stemline Therapeutics Inc.	1	$27
GE HealthCare	1	$27
G1 Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$25
Genmab U.S., Inc.	1	$24
Coherus Oncology, Inc.	1	$24
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc	1	$23
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$22
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.	1	$21
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$21
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.	1	$21
Tempus AI, Inc	1	$21
Tersera Therapeutics LLC	1	$18
Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.	1	$18
Chiesi USA, Inc.	1	$17

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