RxDoctor Payments Data

Jeffrey Frankel

Burien, WANPI 1487694154

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $267,832 of the $393,410 with a category attached, or 68.1%. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. at 53.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $119,360 and has fallen 57.2% since, to $51,063 in 2025.

$393,410in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 480 payments — averaging $819.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$210K
  • Myovant Sciences Inc.$65K
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$56K
  • Pfizer$25K
  • Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$17K
  • Urovant Sciences Inc$10K
  • plus $10K from 27 others
$121,207in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 70 payments — averaging $1731.53 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Astellas Pharma Global Development$46K
  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS$29K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$22K
  • Ferring International Pharmascience Center US$16K
  • Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$5K
  • Urovant Sciences Inc$3K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$73,03819%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$267,83268%
  • Travel & lodging$40,25210%
  • Food & beverage$11,6203%
  • Education$6350%
  • Entertainment$340%

General payments by program year

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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.

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

Where these figures come from

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