Vinita Sudhakar
Hialeah, FLNPI 1548841174
Payments from drug & device makers
$1,828in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 72 payments — averaging $25.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$204
- AstraZeneca$190
- Seagen Inc.$179
- Merck$157
- Sanofi$143
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$128
- plus $828 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,54284%
- Education$28716%
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
24
25
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $204 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 10 | $190 |
| Seagen Inc. | 2 | $179 |
| Merck | 7 | $157 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $143 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 5 | $128 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $127 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $118 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Novartis | 3 | $70 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| GSK | 2 | $64 |
| Bayer | 2 | $47 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $23 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $14 |
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Anastrozole | 23 | $285 |
| Letrozole | 11 | $152 |
| Prednisone | 16 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.