Question 1

Has Karen Brann received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $42,660 in general payments to Karen Brann across 533 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 Karen Brann 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 Karen Brann 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
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)	88	$13,004
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC	2	$7,183
Bayer	42	$6,198
Accord Healthcare, Inc.	8	$1,845
Teleflex LLC	15	$1,805
AbbVie(2 entities)	27	$1,206
Astellas Pharma US Inc	34	$1,106
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC	32	$1,078
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	52	$978
Axonics, Inc.	10	$838
Tolmar, Inc.	32	$549
Amgen	4	$459
Bioprotect Medical, Inc.	2	$416
AstraZeneca	14	$381
Pfizer	20	$362
Olympus America Inc.	16	$347
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	10	$338
Antares Pharma, Inc.	8	$316
Procept Biorobotics Corporation	7	$306
Urogen Pharma, Inc.	11	$273
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.	8	$236
Endo USA, Inc.	7	$233
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	2	$224
Gilead	2	$210
Novartis	8	$187
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.	9	$183
Novo Nordisk	2	$177
Boston Scientific	5	$173
Telix Pharmaceuticals	5	$165
Merck	6	$157
Coloplast	5	$153
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.	7	$118
Medtronic	1	$118
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals	1	$113
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$111
Boehringer Ingelheim	1	$108
Exact Sciences	1	$107
Electromed, Inc.	1	$98
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$97
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.	1	$90
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.	4	$85
180 Medical, Inc.	3	$84
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.	1	$84
Convatec Inc.	3	$75
Immunitybio, Inc.	3	$64
Tempus AI, Inc	2	$45
Halozyme Inc	2	$43
Avyxa Pharma, LLC	1	$38
Blue Earth Diagnostics	1	$23
Avation Medical, Inc.	1	$20
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	1	$16
Hollister Incorporated	1	$16
Lilly USA, LLC	1	$13
Pharmaand GmbH	1	$9

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