Neil Niren
Dermatology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1508838061
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $430,783 of the $573,891 with a category attached, or 75.1%. Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC accounts for 62.9% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $232,108 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $71 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 685 payments — averaging $837.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$361K
- Novartis$86K
- Johnson & Johnson$54K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$30K
- Amgen$30K
- Almirall LLC$6K
- plus $6K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,7353%
- Speaking & faculty fees$430,78375%
- Travel & lodging$111,29119%
- Food & beverage$13,9882%
- Education$940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 281 | $361,202 |
| Novartis | 90 | $86,277 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 71 | $54,179 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 34 | $30,116 |
| Amgen | 32 | $29,618 |
| Almirall LLC | 6 | $6,066 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 8 | $1,677 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $1,281 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 21 | $1,006 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 34 | $761 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $411 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 46 | $373 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 27 | $346 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $269 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $71 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $69 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $48 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $43 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $27 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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
$573,891 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 626 dermatology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other dermatology in Pittsburgh
- Laura FerrisPittsburgh$502K
- Oleg AkilovPittsburgh$409K
- Joe TungPittsburgh$404K
- Charles MountPittsburgh$189K
- Timothy PattonPittsburgh$72K
- Daniel KaplanPittsburgh$46K
- Hassane ZarourPittsburgh$44K
- Scott GottliebExton$2.1M
- Douglas KressWexford$2M
- Stephen HessPhiladelphia$1.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.