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Lawrence Weinberg, MD

Neurology · Northridge, CANPI 1730296443

Payments from drug & device makers

$21,987in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 863 payments — averaging $25.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$3K
  • Novartis$2K
  • Livanova USA, Inc.$2K
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$1K
  • Biogen$1K
  • plus $12K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1501%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$1401%
  • Travel & lodging$9664%
  • Food & beverage$20,33692%
  • Education$3352%
  • Gifts$600%

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

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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
AbbVie(2 entities)126$2,509
Novartis80$1,727
Livanova USA, Inc.13$1,598
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.50$1,427
EMD Serono, Inc.60$1,313
Biogen68$1,264
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.28$1,126
SK Life Science, Inc.47$1,065
Amgen(2 entities)35$692
Eisai Inc.18$550
Harmony Biosciences LLC12$546
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.18$531
Genentech USA, Inc.21$527
Neurelis, Inc.20$490
Sanofi15$432
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.12$422
Johnson & Johnson12$357
Lilly USA, LLC14$338
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc15$327
Bristol Myers Squibb8$307
Silk Road Medical, Inc.2$292
AstraZeneca(2 entities)8$291
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.13$272
Pfizer11$235
UCB, Inc.9$216
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.8$211
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.14$203
MDD US Operations, LLC17$199
TG Therapeutics, Inc.8$185
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$172
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC7$129
CSL Behring4$121
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$115
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.5$104
Lundbeck LLC3$96
Abbott4$90
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$89
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$86
Saol Therapeutics Inc.3$80
Banner Life Sciences, LLC4$80
Merck5$72
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$72
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$61
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$60
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC3$60
Corium, LLC2$59
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$58
Argenx US, Inc.2$53
Promius Pharma LLC2$50
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc2$48
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.2$44
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.2$41
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$38
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.2$38
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.1$36
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.2$32
Bausch Health US, LLC2$32
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc1$32
Orphalan Inc1$30
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$29

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

$21,987 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$220,320
Medicare patients
521
Services billed
5,035

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate34$271,130
RebifInterferon Beta-1a/Albumin19$263,412
CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate30$172,110
VumerityDiroximel Fumarate14$170,464
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate37$62,409
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate12$56,987
Penicillamine11$40,749
XifaxanRifaximin12$40,491
Dimethyl Fumarate14$37,144
OxycontinOxycodone Hcl11$22,682
FycompaPerampanel15$17,796
UbrelvyUbrogepant15$16,074
Emgality SyringeGalcanezumab-Gnlm23$15,068
EliquisApixaban18$14,637
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm17$13,924

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza$1,126$271,13034 claims
EMD Serono, Inc.Rebif$1,313$263,41219 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Copaxone$1,427$172,11030 claims
BiogenVumerity$1,264$170,46414 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt, Eliquis$235$77,04755 claims
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$327$56,98712 claims
AbbVieUbrelvy, Namzaric$2,509$27,71526 claims
Eisai Inc.Fycompa$550$17,79615 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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