Katherine Guardado
Family · Northridge, CANPI 1821516535
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 83 payments — averaging $68.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$716
- Edwards Lifesciences$692
- Abbott$477
- GSK$327
- AbbVie$275
- Boston Scientific$267
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,667100%
- Education$20%
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
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 6 | $716 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $692 |
| Abbott | 5 | $477 |
| GSK | 7 | $327 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $275 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $267 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $261 |
| Merck | 11 | $253 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $228 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 4 | $185 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $145 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $128 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Bayer | 1 | $111 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Biogen | 1 | $95 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Amgen | 4 | $60 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $50 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
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.
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$392
- UBRELVY$249
- UZEDY$246
- BEXSERO$244
- Austedo XR$237
- DUPIXENT$228
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$187
- INGREZZA$174
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$156
- REZDIFFRA$145
- ONPATTRO$144
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$142
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$125
- ZENPEP$125
- ACCRUFER$124
- QULIPTA$124
- Alinity$122
- Kimyrsa$122
- AUSTEDO$122
- XIFAXAN$122
How this compares
$5,669 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,634 family providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 14 | $177 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 12 | $120 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 23 | $113 |
| Metformin Hcl | 11 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Northridge
- Lori RobertsonChino Hills$475K
- Annette ShonLos Angeles$406K
- Nancy GardettoSan Diego$394K
- Lisa HigginsHanford$311K
- Jennifer TougasBakersfield$302K
- Kim SchaferSacramento$288K
- Dawn MeyerSan Diego$270K
- Jennifer KangCerritos$255K
- Jenine StoneEscondido$231K
- Erin DwyerSan Diego$189K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.