Question 1

Has Meg Ellis received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $8,407 in general payments to Meg Ellis across 572 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 Meg Ellis 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 Meg Ellis 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
Novo Nordisk	117	$1,429
AbbVie	127	$1,397
AstraZeneca	52	$992
Lilly USA, LLC	35	$578
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	28	$429
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	22	$416
Dexcom, Inc.	13	$268
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	15	$257
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	13	$252
Bausch Health US, LLC	11	$204
Novartis	11	$192
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	11	$187
Amgen	11	$148
Shield Therapeutics Inc	8	$142
Antares Pharma, Inc.	10	$130
Exact Sciences	8	$124
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	5	$98
Boehringer Ingelheim	5	$95
Corcept Therapeutics	4	$82
Merck	4	$71
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	4	$71
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.	7	$67
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	7	$66
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$65
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	4	$51
IBSA Pharma Inc.	3	$45
Halozyme Inc	3	$44
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$44
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$38
Almatica Pharma LLC	2	$34
Lundbeck LLC	2	$33
Mylan Specialty L.p.	2	$28
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	1	$27
Inogen, Inc.	2	$26
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$24
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$24
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$24
Sanofi	1	$18
Tris Pharma Inc	1	$18
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$17
Pfizer	1	$17
Intra-sana Laboratories	1	$17
Medtronic	1	$15
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	1	$15
Johnson & Johnson	1	$14
Tolmar, Inc.	1	$14
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA	1	$14
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	1	$12
Nevro Corp.	1	$12
GSK	1	$12
Bayer	1	$11

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