RxDoctor Payments Data

Katherine Marzan

Pediatric Rheumatology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1184719908

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $2,213 of the $2,450 with a category attached, or 90.3%. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 51.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,263 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $23 in 2024.

$2,450in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 6 payments — averaging $408.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novartis$1K
  • Pfizer$950
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$214
  • Sanofi$23
$423,722in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 57 payments — averaging $7433.72 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Novartis$191K
  • Sanofi US Services Inc.$118K
  • Novartis Pharma AG$84K
  • UCB SA$14K
  • AbbVie$12K
  • Pfizer$5K

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$2,21390%
  • Food & beverage$23710%

General payments by program year

19
20
24

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novartis1$1,263
Pfizer2$950
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.2$214
Sanofi1$23

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.

How this compares

$2,450 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 39 pediatric rheumatology providers in California.

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