Question 1

Has Richard Weisler received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $1,180,931 in general payments to Richard Weisler across 302 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 Richard Weisler 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 Richard Weisler 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)	85	$417,283
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.	27	$344,449
Janssen Research & Development, LLC	28	$233,926
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	52	$134,896
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.	44	$23,362
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	7	$10,096
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	11	$7,567
Johnson & Johnson	14	$5,488
Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC	6	$1,585
Neos Therapeutics, LP	2	$671
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	10	$631
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.	11	$457
Alkermes, Inc.	2	$212
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	2	$196
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$113

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