Question 1

Has Jeffrey Summe received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $14,339 in general payments to Jeffrey Summe across 720 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 Jeffrey Summe 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 Jeffrey Summe 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
AstraZeneca	83	$2,013
Orexo US, Inc.	104	$1,705
Novo Nordisk	58	$1,259
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	68	$1,234
Gilead	43	$1,169
AbbVie(2 entities)	35	$936
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.	58	$773
Johnson & Johnson	25	$725
Pfizer	29	$583
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	45	$438
Lilly USA, LLC	18	$423
Antares Pharma, Inc.	32	$359
Boehringer Ingelheim	14	$334
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.	18	$325
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	12	$320
Merck	9	$303
Indivior Inc.	8	$192
Amgen(2 entities)	11	$187
Alkermes, Inc.	3	$151
Mannkind Corporation	10	$141
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	6	$118
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	4	$117
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	5	$79
MDD US Operations, LLC	3	$70
Edwards Lifesciences	2	$47
Kaleo, Inc.	2	$37
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	2	$33
Optinose US, Inc.	2	$33
Neurelis, Inc.	1	$31
Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$27
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$26
Novartis	1	$24
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$20
Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.	1	$20
Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$19
Eisai Inc.	1	$18
GSK	1	$17
Bayer	1	$17
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC	1	$16

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