Question 1

Has Rachel Brucas received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $14,406 in general payments to Rachel Brucas across 698 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 Rachel Brucas 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 Rachel Brucas 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
AbbVie(2 entities)	303	$5,679
Lilly USA, LLC	62	$1,193
Amgen	43	$1,031
AstraZeneca	50	$924
Boehringer Ingelheim	21	$602
Pfizer	29	$581
Novo Nordisk	31	$559
GSK	23	$487
Organon	11	$331
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	10	$259
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals	4	$208
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	7	$200
Novartis	14	$198
Bayer	8	$184
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	9	$181
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	8	$170
Galderma Laboratories, L.p.	3	$159
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$147
Exact Sciences	7	$140
Boston Scientific	1	$137
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	6	$130
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	8	$118
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$104
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.	4	$82
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$74
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$60
Endogastric Solutions, Inc	3	$46
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.	2	$41
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	2	$37
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	2	$30
Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc.	1	$27
Seqirus USA Inc	1	$25
ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.	1	$25
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC	1	$21
Phadia US Inc.	1	$19
Edwards Lifesciences	1	$19
Tactile Systems Technology Inc	1	$18
Bausch Health US, LLC	1	$18
Johnson & Johnson	1	$18
Agile Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$18
Exeltis, USA Inc.	1	$16
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$16
Harmony Biosciences LLC	1	$15
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$14
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$13
Eisai Inc.	1	$13
Alfasigma USA, Inc.	1	$12
Echosens North America, Inc.	1	$6

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