Margaret Ragni
Pittsburgh, PANPI 1922073493
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $31,899 of the $45,281 with a category attached, or 70.4%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spark Therapeutics, Inc. at 37.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $12,454 and has fallen 94.0% since, to $750 in 2025.
Across 44 payments — averaging $1029.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spark Therapeutics, Inc.$17K
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$8K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$6K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$5K
- Sanofi$4K
- HEMA Biologics, LLC$3K
- plus $3K from 4 others
Across 119 payments — averaging $16,475 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$1.3M
- Shire North American Group Inc$374K
- Spark Therapeutics, Inc.$98K
- Sanofi$74K
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$67K
- Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc.$31K
- plus $17K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,89970%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,60926%
- Travel & lodging$1,4003%
- Food & beverage$2220%
- Education$1500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spark Therapeutics, Inc. | 25 | $16,998 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 3 | $8,160 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $5,500 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $5,440 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $4,000 |
| HEMA Biologics, LLC | 1 | $2,500 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 1 | $1,800 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $649 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 3 | $150 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.