Sophia Buffini
Medical · San Diego, CANPI 1508605502
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 159 payments — averaging $20.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$760
- Johnson & Johnson$645
- UCB, Inc.$467
- Amgen$268
- AstraZeneca$211
- Novartis$181
- plus $746 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,278100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 41 | $760 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $645 |
| UCB, Inc. | 21 | $467 |
| Amgen | 23 | $268 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 9 | $211 |
| Novartis | 6 | $181 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $178 |
| GSK | 4 | $94 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $89 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $56 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $39 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Tremfya$120
How this compares
$3,278 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,087 medical providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 38 | $1,646 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 30 | $669 |
| Folic Acid | 12 | $149 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.