Question 1

Has William Schmalz received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $36,939 in general payments to William Schmalz across 1,201 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 William Schmalz 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 William Schmalz 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
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	43	$17,180
AbbVie(2 entities)	184	$5,982
Amgen(2 entities)	151	$2,163
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	66	$1,531
Novartis	88	$1,083
GSK	94	$1,083
Lilly USA, LLC	59	$633
Novo Nordisk	49	$614
UCB, Inc.	47	$558
Merck	32	$485
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	53	$469
Pfizer	37	$466
Corcept Therapeutics	23	$407
Eisai Inc.	29	$401
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	36	$398
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	10	$320
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	26	$270
Astellas Pharma US Inc	13	$230
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	15	$217
Johnson & Johnson	8	$208
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc	16	$174
Bayer	9	$157
Lundbeck LLC	7	$141
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	11	$141
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	11	$140
Alkermes, Inc.	1	$125
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	8	$120
Mylan Specialty L.p.	5	$103
Harmony Biosciences LLC	6	$102
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	6	$97
Abbott	6	$90
Genentech USA, Inc.	6	$85
Boehringer Ingelheim	5	$79
Incyte Corporation	6	$79
Radius Health, Inc.	4	$66
Shield Therapeutics Inc	3	$56
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$50
Bristol Myers Squibb	2	$43
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	2	$42
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	2	$40
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$34
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.	2	$27
CSL Behring	1	$23
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$23
Alk-abello, Inc	1	$21
Alfasigma USA, Inc.	1	$18
Medtronic	1	$17
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$17
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	1	$17
Mannkind Corporation	1	$16
Bausch Health US, LLC	1	$15
Sanofi	1	$15
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd	1	$15
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$14
Antares Pharma, Inc.	1	$14
Circassia Inc.	1	$13
Alvogen Inc	1	$11

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