Question 1

Has Safiullah Shareef received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $10,919 in general payments to Safiullah Shareef across 565 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 Safiullah Shareef 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 Safiullah Shareef 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
UCB, Inc.	64	$1,148
Corium, LLC	44	$1,089
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.	62	$1,027
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	30	$699
Neurelis, Inc.	32	$523
Tris Pharma Inc	28	$477
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc	17	$447
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	29	$434
Eisai Inc.	25	$430
Immedica Pharma US, Inc.	15	$412
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	23	$370
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.	16	$270
Neos Therapeutics, LP	14	$264
SK Life Science, Inc.	11	$252
Livanova USA, Inc.	11	$241
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.	14	$219
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.	13	$193
Zogenix Inc.	7	$160
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	6	$147
Biogen	6	$137
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC	4	$134
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	9	$134
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	7	$124
Noven Therapeutics, LLC	6	$120
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	5	$119
Sanofi	4	$105
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	5	$94
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC	3	$92
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	5	$91
NS Pharma, Inc.	4	$89
Harmony Biosciences LLC	5	$85
AbbVie(2 entities)	4	$82
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$67
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC	4	$67
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC	4	$66
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$60
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$59
Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p.	3	$46
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	1	$44
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$38
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$32
Cranial Technologies, Inc	2	$30
Shire North American Group Inc	2	$30
Intrabio Inc	1	$26
ITF Therapeutics LLC	1	$23
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.	2	$22
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$22
Avion Pharmaceuticals	1	$20
Tempus AI, Inc	1	$17
Johnson & Johnson	1	$16
Otter Pharmaceuticals, LLC	1	$16
Natus Medical Incorporated	1	$12

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