Robert Pennington
Internal Medicine · Durham, NCNPI 1144224080
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 121 payments — averaging $15.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$323
- Johnson & Johnson$175
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$156
- Amgen$144
- Boehringer Ingelheim$133
- Pfizer$117
- plus $844 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,891100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 22 | $323 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $175 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $156 |
| Amgen | 9 | $144 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $133 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $117 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $96 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $72 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $68 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $62 |
| GSK | 4 | $59 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $53 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Merck | 4 | $50 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 2 | $26 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $26 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $14 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Gilead | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,891 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Durham
- Manesh PatelDurham$27.2M
- Adam DevoreDurham$11.8M
- Krishnakumar UdayakumarDurham$11M
- April SalamaDurham$6.5M
- Hope UronisDurham$5M
- Richard RiedelDurham$2.6M
- Jamie ToddDurham$1.9M
- Nirmish ShahDurham$1.8M
- Aparna SwaminathanDurham$1.2M
- Cynthia MoylanDurham$907K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.