Question 1

Has Melinda Cail received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $121,687 in general payments to Melinda Cail across 709 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 Melinda Cail 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 Melinda Cail 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
Lilly USA, LLC	182	$76,415
Amgen(2 entities)	91	$23,226
Genentech USA, Inc.	17	$11,265
Modernatx, Inc.	10	$1,968
Duchesnay USA Incorporated	5	$1,636
Boehringer Ingelheim	31	$1,070
AbbVie(2 entities)	63	$987
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	47	$708
Novo Nordisk	42	$654
Pfizer	19	$332
Bayer	15	$288
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	12	$230
Merck	14	$213
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	14	$194
Corcept Therapeutics	10	$185
Johnson & Johnson	9	$160
Nevro Corp.	5	$140
Eisai Inc.	8	$135
AstraZeneca	10	$132
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	10	$124
Astellas Pharma US Inc	8	$123
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	7	$123
Lundbeck LLC	7	$119
Abbott	6	$112
GSK	7	$104
Bausch Health US, LLC	5	$91
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	4	$78
IBSA Pharma Inc.	5	$74
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$61
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	3	$59
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$54
Antares Pharma, Inc.	3	$53
Shire North American Group Inc	2	$45
Stryker	1	$41
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	2	$40
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	2	$39
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.	2	$38
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$34
Optinose US, Inc.	2	$32
Shield Therapeutics Inc	1	$32
Exact Sciences	2	$29
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.	2	$27
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	2	$24
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	1	$22
Nalu Medical, Inc.	1	$20
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.	1	$18
Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC	2	$17
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	1	$17
Biogen	1	$16
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$16
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC	1	$16
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$15
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.	1	$13
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	1	$11
QOL Medical, LLC	1	$11

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