Patricia Pulwers
Family Medicine · New Bern, NCNPI 1861426421
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 113 payments — averaging $15.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$363
- Novo Nordisk$211
- AbbVie$158
- AstraZeneca$141
- Novartis$136
- GSK$103
- plus $654 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,766100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 21 | $363 |
| Novo Nordisk | 14 | $211 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $158 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $141 |
| Novartis | 8 | $136 |
| GSK | 7 | $103 |
| Merck | 5 | $82 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $71 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $71 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $70 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $55 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $29 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $13 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,766 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in New Bern
- Barton WilliamsWilmington$17.3M
- Alexander MurrayGreensboro$13M
- Arin PiramzadianJacksonville$13M
- Jonathan WilsonHickory$12.7M
- George RaadCharlotte$7.7M
- Cecil FarringtonSalisbury$6.4M
- Christian MartinShelby$5.4M
- John EarlHickory$4.7M
- Patrick MorganteHavelock$4.6M
- Stephen JonesShelby$4.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.