Question 1

Has Karen Chin received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $14,638 in general payments to Karen Chin across 753 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 Chin 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 Chin 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
Novo Nordisk	109	$2,012
AstraZeneca	87	$1,998
AbbVie	72	$1,308
Lilly USA, LLC	54	$1,228
Corcept Therapeutics	32	$975
GSK	45	$751
Bayer	31	$496
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	36	$495
Boehringer Ingelheim	22	$494
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	20	$452
Exact Sciences	17	$370
Bausch Health US, LLC	18	$370
Amgen	20	$359
Abbott	16	$319
Pfizer	20	$305
Merck	19	$299
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	25	$286
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	21	$276
Johnson & Johnson	11	$209
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	7	$175
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	7	$158
Intuity Medical Inc	9	$142
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$140
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.	5	$111
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc	5	$102
Dexcom, Inc.	4	$95
Novartis	6	$93
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	5	$81
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	3	$76
Astellas Pharma US Inc	3	$57
Eisai Inc.	3	$49
Corium, LLC	2	$47
Radius Health, Inc.	2	$41
Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC	2	$39
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$35
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	2	$33
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.	1	$25
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$24
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$19
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	1	$19
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	1	$17
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$16
Mylan Specialty L.p.	1	$15
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	1	$14
Vistapharm, Inc.	1	$13

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