Question 1

Has Toni Smith received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $10,274 in general payments to Toni Smith across 533 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 Toni Smith 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 Toni Smith 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	111	$1,550
UCB, Inc.	35	$912
Livanova USA, Inc.	11	$679
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC	20	$533
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.	25	$464
Biogen	21	$437
Novartis	24	$432
SK Life Science, Inc.	20	$395
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	16	$363
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	27	$340
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	20	$328
Pfizer	20	$317
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc	15	$289
Argenx US, Inc.	9	$284
Lilly USA, LLC	12	$220
Bristol Myers Squibb	12	$215
Eisai Inc.	9	$202
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	17	$201
Avion Pharmaceuticals	12	$172
Lundbeck LLC	7	$167
Dexcom, Inc.	6	$122
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc	6	$118
LEO Pharma Inc.	1	$107
Amgen(2 entities)	5	$103
Genentech USA, Inc.	5	$98
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.	4	$91
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC	5	$83
Octapharma USA, Inc.	3	$79
MDD US Operations, LLC	4	$76
GE HealthCare	4	$74
Neurelis, Inc.	4	$68
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	5	$64
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$61
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$61
Harmony Biosciences LLC	3	$57
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$52
CSL Behring	3	$52
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.	2	$48
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	2	$47
Grifols USA, LLC	2	$40
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)	2	$34
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.	2	$32
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$26
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	1	$23
Tonix Medicines, Inc.	1	$20
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	1	$19
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$18
EMD Serono, Inc.	1	$18
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.	1	$17
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$15
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	1	$14
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.	1	$12
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$12
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$12

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