Question 1

Has Peter Newton received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $7,008,008 in general payments to Peter Newton across 454 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 Peter Newton 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 Peter Newton 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
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.	72	$2,751,986
Stryker	197	$2,625,874
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.	28	$1,066,836
VB Spine LLC	10	$351,012
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	27	$113,119
Globus Medical(2 entities)	34	$39,096
Medtronic(2 entities)	28	$35,581
Orthofix Medical, Inc.	23	$21,213
Mirus, LLC	1	$1,000
Zimmer Biomet	11	$993
Zimvie Inc.	9	$460
Highridge Medical LLC	3	$229
Biedermann Motech, Inc.	1	$180
Orthopediatrics Corp.	2	$170
Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc.	1	$147
Johnson & Johnson	5	$72
DJO, LLC	1	$25
Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.	1	$15

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