Question 1

Has Kyung Chu received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $10,616 in general payments to Kyung Chu across 420 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 Kyung Chu 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 Kyung Chu 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
Novartis	40	$1,588
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	60	$1,291
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	37	$1,007
TG Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$688
Incyte Corporation	26	$613
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)	18	$584
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.	27	$459
AbbVie	12	$377
GSK	12	$307
Merck	17	$270
Seagen Inc.	8	$246
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation	10	$227
Pfizer	9	$197
Bayer	10	$191
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	10	$186
Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company	8	$175
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	8	$142
Amgen	9	$135
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$133
Lilly USA, LLC	7	$129
Genentech USA, Inc.	7	$120
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.	7	$114
EMD Serono, Inc.	6	$104
Sanofi	5	$102
Eisai Inc.	5	$90
Beone Medicines USA, Inc.	4	$83
Beigene USA, Inc.	5	$76
Bristol Myers Squibb	5	$76
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$75
Gilead	1	$72
Geron Corporation	4	$64
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.	4	$60
Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc.	3	$49
Foundation Medicine, Inc.	2	$47
Legend Biotech USA Inc.	2	$37
Stemline Therapeutics Inc.	2	$34
Astellas Pharma US Inc	2	$34
Sobi, Inc	2	$32
G1 Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$29
Acrotech Biopharma Inc.	1	$29
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	1	$29
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$28
Tempus AI, Inc	1	$26
Acera Surgical, Inc.	1	$26
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$22
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$21
Verastem, Inc.	1	$20
Pharmaessentia USA Corporation	1	$18
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	1	$18
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$17
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$17
Coherus Oncology, Inc.	1	$17
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$16
Genmab U.S., Inc.	1	$15
Blueprint Medicines Corporation	1	$15
CTI Biopharma Corp.	1	$15
Array Biopharma Inc	1	$15
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.	1	$13

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