RxDoctor Payments Data

Joseph Marshalek

Torrance, CANPI 1477180016

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,538 of the $1,828 with a category attached, or 84.1%. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,047, more than ten times the $20 reported in 2021.

$1,828in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 61 payments — averaging $29.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$260
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$235
  • AstraZeneca$165
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$133
  • Lilly USA, LLC$90
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$89
  • plus $856 from 21 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,53884%
  • Education$29016%

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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22
24
25

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.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Prednisone15$66
Oxycodone Hcl12$61

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Where these figures come from

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