Question 1

Has Gregory Ales received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $261,603 in general payments to Gregory Ales across 373 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 Gregory Ales 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 Gregory Ales 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(2 entities)	105	$247,457
Amgen(2 entities)	11	$8,596
Novartis	26	$421
UCB, Inc.	11	$308
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	15	$301
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC	10	$282
Abbott	13	$260
Biogen	12	$247
SK Life Science, Inc.	9	$204
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	8	$193
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc	5	$192
Lilly USA, LLC	11	$187
Sanofi	10	$183
EMD Serono, Inc.	7	$171
Eisai Inc.	8	$170
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc	8	$159
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.	6	$137
Pfizer	5	$136
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc	6	$126
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	6	$125
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.	5	$94
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	4	$89
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$88
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	6	$88
Neurelis, Inc.	3	$82
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	3	$82
Livanova USA, Inc.	3	$77
Genentech USA, Inc.	3	$76
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.	3	$64
Insightec,inc	2	$63
Harmony Biosciences LLC	2	$63
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$56
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	3	$50
Boston Scientific	2	$50
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.	2	$48
Octapharma USA, Inc.	2	$47
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	3	$47
Bristol Myers Squibb	3	$46
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	2	$46
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$46
GRT US Holding, Inc.	2	$45
Philips North America LLC	1	$42
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	3	$41
TG Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$39
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.	2	$36
Lundbeck LLC	2	$34
Medtronic	2	$30
Nevro Corp.	1	$28
MDD US Operations, LLC	1	$25
Johnson & Johnson	1	$21
GE HealthCare	1	$21
Avion Pharmaceuticals	1	$20
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC	1	$20
Banner Life Sciences, LLC	1	$18
Argenx US, Inc.	1	$14
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	1	$14

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