Question 1

Has Youhanna Al-Tawil received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $309,651 in general payments to Youhanna Al-Tawil across 510 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 Youhanna Al-Tawil 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 Youhanna Al-Tawil 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
Janssen Research & Development, LLC	44	$76,916
Bausch Health US, LLC	9	$63,724
QOL Medical, LLC	35	$59,996
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	48	$36,254
AbbVie(2 entities)	131	$28,320
Pfizer(2 entities)	14	$24,802
Ferring International Pharmascience Center US	1	$13,900
Romark Laboratories, LC	27	$1,125
Sanofi	31	$819
Johnson & Johnson	32	$665
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	25	$590
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.	33	$477
Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$357
Medtronic	5	$230
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.	7	$179
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	7	$169
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals	7	$156
Olympus America Inc.	1	$111
Organon	6	$109
Amgen(2 entities)	6	$96
Sandoz	4	$63
Phadia US Inc.	3	$50
Gilead	2	$49
Genentech USA, Inc.	2	$39
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$39
Orphalan Inc	2	$37
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC	1	$36
Biogen	2	$30
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$30
Boston Scientific	2	$29
Coloplast	2	$28
Vivus LLC	2	$28
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	2	$27
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	1	$22
Covidien LP	1	$22
Albireo Pharma, Inc.	1	$21
Novo Nordisk	1	$19
Celltrion USA Inc.	1	$18
Pharming Healthcare, Inc.	1	$17
Endogastric Solutions, Inc	1	$14
Intra-sana Laboratories	1	$14
Shire North American Group Inc	1	$13
Cook Medical LLC	1	$11

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