Question 1

Has Mercedes Fernandez received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $18,598 in general payments to Mercedes Fernandez across 861 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 Mercedes Fernandez 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 Mercedes Fernandez 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
GSK	157	$3,197
AstraZeneca	87	$2,364
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	107	$2,237
Harmony Biosciences LLC	47	$1,038
Grifols USA, LLC	48	$1,026
Sanofi	32	$800
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	32	$773
Boehringer Ingelheim	39	$751
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.	29	$592
Mylan Specialty L.p.	23	$558
Amgen	30	$548
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	27	$505
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	16	$466
Baxter Healthcare	23	$390
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	5	$313
Verona Pharma, Inc.	16	$266
Electromed, Inc.	21	$232
United Therapeutics Corporation	10	$193
Bayer	8	$187
Eisai Inc.	8	$169
Insmed, Inc.	8	$158
Philips North America LLC	7	$153
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	6	$142
Inogen, Inc.	10	$135
Pfizer	7	$119
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	3	$119
Genentech USA, Inc.	5	$104
Lilly USA, LLC	5	$101
Novartis	4	$101
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	5	$93
Merck	4	$87
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	1	$85
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.	4	$82
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	4	$71
Vapotherm Inc	2	$57
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	3	$54
Pharming Healthcare, Inc.	2	$45
Shield Therapeutics Inc	3	$43
Almatica Pharma LLC	2	$38
Ambu Inc.	1	$31
Shionogi Inc	2	$29
Covis Pharma GmbH	1	$22
Resmed Corp	1	$20
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$20
Optinose US, Inc.	1	$20
Phadia US Inc.	1	$18
Pulmonx Corporation	1	$16
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$15
Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC	1	$14

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