Question 1

Has Katie Brown received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $3,001 in general payments to Katie Brown across 104 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 Katie Brown 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 Katie Brown 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
AbbVie	26	$738
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	8	$408
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	11	$393
Johnson & Johnson	4	$244
Lundbeck LLC	13	$242
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	9	$210
Merz North America, Inc.	1	$160
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	5	$100
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	6	$78
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$65
Corium, LLC	3	$57
Alkermes, Inc.	4	$57
Tempus AI, Inc	2	$50
Sage Therapeutics, LLC	2	$47
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$43
Lilly USA, LLC	2	$42
Indivior Inc.	1	$27
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC	1	$21
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC	1	$19

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