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John Lawless

Family Medicine · Newtown, PANPI 1275543571

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.9% of the total across 909 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 53 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,420 and has fallen 92.4% since, to $410 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$18,286in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 909 payments — averaging $20.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$2K
  • Amgen$2K
  • Amarin Pharma, Inc.$1K
  • Novo Nordisk$1K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • GSK$1K
  • plus $9K from 47 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$18,09299%
  • Education$1941%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)105$2,174
Amgen(2 entities)39$1,570
Amarin Pharma, Inc.116$1,490
Novo Nordisk108$1,454
AstraZeneca56$1,422
GSK41$1,122
Lilly USA, LLC55$1,121
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.19$768
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)11$626
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.30$590
Boehringer Ingelheim29$575
Merck42$539
Pfizer28$455
Astellas Pharma US Inc26$418
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.26$395
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.12$327
Neos Therapeutics, LP19$266
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC17$232
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.17$224
Gilead10$201
Boston Scientific2$195
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.15$183
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.11$174
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.8$168
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.9$147
Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC1$127
Zimmer Biomet1$125
Bayer6$111
Novartis1$100
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc2$91
Kaleo, Inc.6$88
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.1$83
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$83
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.6$82
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$53
Genentech USA, Inc.3$50
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$49
Eisai Inc.3$49
Radius Health, Inc.3$48
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$41
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.2$35
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$34
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.2$31
Shire North American Group Inc1$22
Abbott1$22
Antares Pharma, Inc.1$22
Bausch Health US, LLC1$18
Si-bone, Inc.1$18
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$15
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC1$14
Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC1$12
Optinose US, Inc.1$12
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.1$12

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.

How this compares

$18,286 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.

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