Thomas Edwards
Internal Medicine · Columbia, SCNPI 1316907157
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 71 payments — averaging $15.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$256
- Lilly USA, LLC$137
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$87
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$85
- Amgen$84
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$65
- plus $416 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,11699%
- Education$141%
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 | 15 | $256 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $137 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $87 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $85 |
| Amgen | 6 | $84 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $65 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $46 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $42 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $42 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Abbott | 2 | $33 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $24 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,130 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Columbia
- Carl MitchellColumbia$564K
- Ronald CassadaColumbia$100K
- Meer FakhryColumbia$22K
- Charles ButlerColumbia$19K
- Laura LabooneColumbia$16K
- Rica SantiagoMt Pleasant$10.7M
- Richard MillsMt Pleasant$5.5M
- Yvonne DavisMount Pleasant$2.4M
- David BolsterSummerville$2.3M
- Colby GrossmanSummerville$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.