Vikas Sachar
Maternal & Fetal Medicine · Torrance, CANPI 1326011735
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 118 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $726, 3.8 times the $193 reported in 2019. Among maternal & fetal medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 118 payments — averaging $28.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$544
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$520
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$435
- Johnson & Johnson$235
- Redhill Biopharma Inc.$221
- Gilead$216
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,304100%
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 | $544 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 15 | $520 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 22 | $435 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $235 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 6 | $221 |
| Gilead | 2 | $216 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 5 | $178 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 8 | $143 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Vivus LLC | 5 | $102 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $68 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $64 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $59 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $42 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$3,304 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 178 maternal & fetal medicine providers in California.
Other maternal & fetal medicine in Torrance
- Richard BurwickWest Covina$274K
- Shahram DaneshmandSan Diego$43K
- Greggory DevorePasadena$33K
- Neil SilvermanLos Angeles$20K
- David LagrewLaguna Hills$13K
- Chia-Ling Nhan-ChangSan Diego$13K
- Lawrence PlattLos Angeles$11K
- Afshan HameedOrange$9K
- Martha TesfalulSan Francisco$8K
- Neel IyerLong Beach$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.