Question 1

Has Julie Buird received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $17,010 in general payments to Julie Buird across 786 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 Julie Buird 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 Julie Buird 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	120	$3,356
GSK	92	$1,827
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.	68	$1,430
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.	36	$1,375
Harmony Biosciences LLC	61	$1,329
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	66	$1,146
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	45	$738
Boehringer Ingelheim	39	$726
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	22	$582
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	18	$501
Bayer	19	$469
Grifols USA, LLC	34	$397
Insmed, Inc.	16	$349
Merck	13	$305
Mylan Specialty L.p.	15	$256
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC	13	$244
Lilly USA, LLC	14	$205
AbbVie	14	$179
United Therapeutics Corporation	8	$166
Novo Nordisk	10	$160
Baxter Healthcare	8	$153
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	8	$153
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$143
Sanofi	4	$115
Verona Pharma, Inc.	5	$96
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	5	$93
Amgen(2 entities)	6	$92
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	1	$57
Vifor Pharma, Inc.	3	$49
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	3	$48
Pfizer	3	$48
Viatris Specialty LLC	2	$38
Electromed, Inc.	2	$29
Genentech USA, Inc.	2	$28
Stryker	1	$24
Johnson & Johnson	1	$23
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$18
KCI USA, Inc.	1	$18
Philips North America LLC	1	$16
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA	1	$16
Eisai Inc.	1	$14

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